When someone’s heart stops working, it is known as sudden cardiac arrest. It causes blood to stop flowing to the brain and other organs. Sudden cardiac arrest can cause a person to die within minutes.

Andrew’s Assist, a Huntley-based nonprofit named for 22-year-old Andrew Fulcer, is donating an AED to The Depot in East Dundee.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, but they're rarely used, new research ...

For cardiac-related emergencies, There over 60 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) placed throughout the main campus. The 2 models of AEDs that are currently placed across campus for public use: ...

February is American Heart Month, and SLO county’s French Hospital Medical Center is launching a program to distribute ...

Rochester police and Mayo Clinic have helped lead the way in providing research showing the benefits of having an external heart defibrillator available to save people’s lives. But now it’s the ...

Residents of lower-income neighborhoods in the Netherlands are less likely to survive a cardiac arrest because they have limited access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs), according to ...

Colonie is installing automated external defibrillators around the town. Fourteen AEDs will be installed at parks, pools and youth sports complexes, Town Supervisor Peter Crummey said. AEDs are ...

Defibrillator use in cardiac arrest cases increases patient survival rates by between 49% and 75%, the government wants to improve access for non-medical responders ...