Thirty-eight percent of patients’ pads were positioned in an AL configuration; 62% in an anterior-posterior configuration, where one pad is placed on the chest over the heart and one on the back.

It's no exaggeration to say that knowing how to use a defibrillator properly can save someone's life. A new study suggests one specific approach to pad placement is significantly more effective ...

All should have spare sets of sensor/defibrillator pads and batteries. The sensor/defibrillator pads have two functions: to detect cardiac waveforms and to deliver defibrillation shocks.

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure ...

VC defibrillation involves switching defibrillation pads from the anterior–lateral to an anterior–posterior position. "Some preliminary work prior to the trial suggested a benefit of DSED ...

The Health Products Regulatory Authority has urged users of Defibtech defibrillator pads to immediately check their pads as they may have been labelled with incorrect expiry dates. A number of ...

A church has become the first in Wales to have a defibrillator fitted which can be used to shock people back to life after a cardiac arrest. The life-saving equipment at St James' Church in Wick ...