Medical device company Zoll Medical has selected Analog Devices' iMEMS technology to enable PocketCPR, Zoll’s palm-sized CPR device, to measure the rate and depth of chest compressions administered by rescuers.   Read more...

Medtronic’s financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended July 30, revealed a double-digit increase in net earnings, despite a slight drop in revenues.   Read more...

Whether it's better for bystanders to be instructed by emergency dispatchers to perform only chest compressions or chest compressions with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation might depend on the type of arrest, according to a study in the July 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.   Read more...

Defibtech, a maker of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA) have teamed up for the third straight year to donate AEDs in communities with critical needs.   Read more...

Underscoring that a sudden cardiac arrest emergency requires quick response and that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are easy to use, the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA) has launched a unique community response team with the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pa., at the center of a broad program that will deploy AEDs in public locations, schools and even on horse and buggies and Amish farms.   Read more...

Cooling cardiac arrest patients with IV ice-cold solution en route to the hospital did not improve outcomes at hospital discharge compared with patients whose cooling commenced in the hospital. Researchers not only question the timing but also the method of cooling, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in Circulation.   Read more...

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Zoll Medical for its Propaq MD monitor /defibrillator, a device that will be utilized by the military and air medical operators.   Read more...

The Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency has granted Zoll Medical approval for the marketing and distribution of its AED Plus and AED Pro throughout Japan.   Read more...

Cardiac Science, a developer of automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has addressed outstanding issues with the FDA relating to the corrective AED field action announced on Nov. 13, 2009.   Read more...

An audit of by the city comptroller of Staten Island, N.Y., has shown that many of the automated external defibrillators (AEDs) placed in city parks and recreation centers are not properly maintained.   Read more...

Too often in the past, the Alexandria, La., police officers were the first responders on the scene of someone who had suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Without automated external defibrillators (AEDs), their efforts at saving these people were handicapped. Like many police departments across the U.S., the Alexandria force has budgeted the money to acquire AEDs for its police vehicles.   Read more...

Although compliance is slightly more than 50 perecent, patients who wear the cardioverter-defibrillator vest have a high survival rate, similar to that of ICD patients, according to a study in the July 13 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.   Read more...

Vancouver won in more ways than one by hosting the Olympic Games in 2010. More than 200 community groups, aboriginal communities, search-and-rescue organizations, ski patrols, hockey leagues, schools and non-profit groups have received surplus automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that were used during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics.   Read more...

A guest vacationing aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Oasis of the Seas was saved with the help of an automated external defibrillator (AED). It was the first time the unit was used aboard the 6,200-passenger mega-ship, the largest passenger liner in the world.   Read more...

Physio-Control, a subsidiary of Medtronic, has issued a class 1 recall of Lifepak 20 and Lifepak 20e external defibrillator and monitors due to power supply failure.   Read more...

Placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in communities is associated with nearly a doubling of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the results reinforce the importance of strategically expanding community-based AED programs, according to a study in the April 20 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.   Read more...

Defibtech has issued a voluntary recall for 5,418 DBP-2800 battery packs used in its Lifeline AED and ReviveR AED external defibrillators because of reports that the devices have not delivered shock therapy due to the report of  false errors during a charge.   Read more...

The odds of surviving cardiac arrest may depend on which part of town you call home and whether anyone in the neighborhood comes to your rescue by attempting to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to a study in the June issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.   Read more...