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Video helps defibrillator patients make informed choices

A UT Southwestern Medical Center quality improvement team led a large-scale, multispecialty project in partnership with the Parkland Center of Innovation and Value to help patients with implantable ...
Workplace Insight

Many people lack the confidence to use life-saving defibrillators at work. Here’s what you can do

St John Ambulance has launched its easy-to-use HEART defibrillators at work to empower employees to act quickly to save lives ...
Medscape

Automated External Defibrillators Show Promise for Patients With Cardiac Arrests at Home Despite Cost Barriers

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.
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Hospital gets 85 new defibrillators to improve patient care

A Swindon hospital has been equipped with 85 new defibrillators. Great Western Hospital now has 68 new defibrillators and 17 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in various locations, all designed ...

Largest Real-World Study of Wearable Defibrillators Confirms Strong Effectiveness and Safety Performance of Kestra’s ASSURE Device

Additional clinically relevant arrhythmias revealed The ASSURE system facilitated detection of high-rate atrial fibrillation in 4.2% of patients (35% previously undiagnosed) and severe ...