Defibrillation

Defibrillation Electrical cardioversion is a procedure in which the doctor sends an electrical current through your heart to correct an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia).

Fast Help Planned for Failing Hearts Pinellas health officials are confident lives will be saved by placing 50 portable defibrillators in busy public areas...

Children Prove Heart Saving Devices Easy To Use Using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), children as young as age 11 can learn to jump-start the heart of someone in cardiac arrest, researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, report...

Cardiac arrest survival drops in winter Patients who experience cardiac arrest during the winter have significantly lower survival rates than patients whose heart attacks occur during the summer months...