A Fayetteville fire department has a new tool that can help save the lives of more children. The Lafayette Village Fire Department is the first in the Carolinas to carry pediatric defibrillator pads.

Dallas, TX - Automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy can now be extended to children under the age of 8, thanks to an AED that delivers smaller, "child-size" shocks but utilizes the same ...

Jesse McIntosh hopes to be like Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. someday. The 8-year-old from Mansfield, Missouri, also wants to be a medical engineer and create devices like the one that ...

Advanced second- or third-degree AV block, with symptomatic bradycardia, ventricular dysfunction or low cardiac output. Sinus node dysfunction with symptoms during age-inappropriate bradycardia.

CHICAGO - Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, has designed a defibrillator with the potential to resuscitate young children who experience sudden cardiac arrest. The ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Medtronic’s OmniaSecure defibrillation lead intended for insertion in the right ventricle. This new 4.7 French (1.6mm) lead, which ...