Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

According to a large US cohort study, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes was associated with a 26% increase in survival in patients with cardiac arrest with shockable ...

When someone’s heart stops working, it is known as sudden cardiac arrest. It causes blood to stop flowing to the brain and other organs. Sudden cardiac arrest can cause a person to die within minutes.

While researchers are divided over whether more people should have automated external defibrillators at home, those who have used one have no doubts. An automated external defibrillator, or A.E.D., ...

Researchers have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than half of the cases, the ...

ANAHOLA — Retired doctor Arnie Serota of Kilauea made it a point to personally ensure the installation of the Automated External Defibrillator at the Anahola Marketplace on Friday afternoon.

NEW YORK -- In New York, the law says schools must have an automated external defibrillator, or AED, in case a person has heart problems. But it doesn't apply to private schools. One mother is on a ...

Beginning in 2026, new public spaces with an occupancy of 100 people or more will be required to have an automated external defibrillator onsite to assist with sudden cardiac arrest because of a ...

Physio-Control of Redmond, Wash., today announced the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator has been deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) as the first automated external defibrillator (AED) in space ...