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, ...

When engineers at Corscience set out to make what they call the world’s smallest automated external defibrillator (AED), they knew that miniaturizing the capacitor that delivers the life-saving shock ...

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 ...

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.

Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are in airports, sports arenas and other public facilities. And someday, proponents say, AEDs may be as common in homes as fire extinguishers and smoke ...