The special pacemaker inserted into Vice President Dick Cheney last weekend is a proven technology that has been around for more than a decade, Houston cardiologists said Monday. The small, ...

A small Tulsa school is now ready to save the life of a child or even a teacher, thanks to a recent donation of a life-saving piece of equipment, which the school wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.

A new study shows that defibrillators – devices designed to detect and correct dangerous heart rhythms – can help people with heart disease live longer, and with a much better quality of life, than ...

If you've seen "ER" or pretty much any other medical show on TV, you've seen dramatic scenes of a defibrillator in action. The paddles placed on the patient's chest. The shout of "Clear!" The ...

When teaching others about AEDs, it is important to explain the three main types of defibrillators that currently exist. For basic life support, the AED is most often used. Another type of external ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that sit under the skin, in the chest area near a patient's heart. They help with controlling abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker can treat an abnormally slow ...