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 ...

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death and a major health problem in the United States, with more than 356,000 ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) is the main cause of cardiac death, and it affects approximately 1000 Americans every day. When cardiac arrest occurs, the difference between life and death ...

Orlando, FL - A newer rectilinear biphasic automated external defibrillator (AED) (Zoll Medical Inc) was no more effective than traditional monophasic defibrillators in an out-of-hospital setting, ...

As the use of automated external defibrillation (AED) devices outside of hospital settings increases, the scientific medical community has not agreed on the optimal energy levels for initial and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Yesterday, a 13-year-old girl was struck by ...

Contrary to popular belief, placing defibrillator pads on the front and back of the body rather than on the front and side may boost the chances of restoring a person's heartbeat, a new study hints.