All 16 ambulances in Parry Sound District will soon be equipped with defibrillators useable on children between the ages of one and eight. The District picked up $32,000 bill for the new machines.
Now the children will get the same standard of care adults have had, according to Guy Harris, Base Hospital manager.
Previously, if a [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned medical device maker Cardiac Science Corp. that it must correct procedures to ensure the quality of its defibrillators.
According to the warning letter dated July 11, an inspection of the company’s Deerfield, Wisconsin, plant, uncovered several violations of safety procedures.
Any applications for related lifesaving medical devices would not be [...]

State College police will hold a public event to thank the people and organizations that donated money for the purchase of defibrillator. It will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the borough building, 243 S. Allen St.
An Automated external defibrillator is used to assess a person’s heart rhythm. It determines whether electric shock is needed [...]

Every Houston Independent School District campus will soon be equipped with an automated external defibrillator. The device is used to shock a heart and restore its normal beating rhythm.
The school board is expected to accept 300 donated defibrillators from the Texas Arrhythmia Institute next week. The total value is about $650,000. The campuses need to [...]