When a 911 call comes in, a dispatcher coordinates with a drone pilot to fly autonomously to the location of the cardiac ...

Researchers like Monique Starks at the Duke University School of Medicine suspect that deploying drones in conjunction with ...

Drones have become an increasingly helpful tool for law enforcement and first responders. The latest use case? Deploying ...

A Duke Health project is using drones to deliver treatment devices during real medical emergencies in Clemmons, North ...

Automated external defibrillators may increase survival in patients with shockable cardiac arrests, but their routine use at home is not cost-effective at current prices, a study finds.

Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. "Our research shows that every minute of ...

This first-of-its-kind study aims to reduce cardiac arrest response times and save lives by dispatching drones carrying AEDs ...

Defibrillators mounted in many public buildings can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, but they’re almost never used, a new study finds. According to research funded by the National Heart, ...

MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. "Our research ...

Joshua Lupton, M.D., has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...

OBJECTIVETo determine the use of epinephrine (adrenaline) before defibrillation for treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest due to a ventricular arrhythmia and examine its association with patient ...