(Reuters Health) - The use of onsite automated external defibrillators (AED), increasingly found in places like airports and sports stadiums, is raising the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest, ...

The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed to be the easiest-to-use, and most reliable defibrillator available. Available without a prescription from ActiveForever.com, the Philips ...

July 21, 2003 — Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) differ in ease of use by lay people, according to the results of a trial published in the July issue of Resuscitation. In this trial of three ...

Amsterdam, the Netherlands –Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the Food and Drug ...

The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is lightweight and easy to use. Providers can use the product to help save the lives of co-workers or residents, the firm notes.

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A human heart can stop beating anytime and anywhere–even at work. That thought probably occurred to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). According to news reports, he keeps a defibrillator in ...

Public access defibrillators provide an electric shock to restart the heart, but are used in less than 10 percent of emergencies. Meanwhile, global supply issues mean that there are currently long ...

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s premarket ...