FDA has cleared the first of a new generation of AEDs intended for home use.(click to enlarge) It has been more than two years since legislation was passed to require increased public access to ...

AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...

WASHINGTON -- People can soon plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. Government approval of the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Having a defibrillator at home does not protect heart attack survivors against a cardiac arrest any better than having someone at home with good cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

WASHINGTON -- You can be walking around normally when your heart suddenly stops beating. It takes a mere five seconds to lose consciousness. In 20 seconds, your brain shows it's losing oxygen -- your ...

People will soon be able to plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. The Food and Drug ...

Until September 2004, when the Food and Drug Administration approved direct, online, and over-the-counter sales of defibrillators for home use, you could get a unit only with a doctor's prescription.

The Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday that consumers can buy devices to jump-start failing hearts at home without a prescription. Some 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur at home.