July 26, 2010 — -- This morning on "Good Morning America," ABC News' senior health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser demonstrated the proper way to use an automatic external defibrillator ...

In the past, only trained medical professionals were able to use defibrillators. However, today's new automated external defibrillators can be used by anyone. When to Use CPR: Recognizing an Emergency ...

It was the second time a RAGBRAI rider had been saved in the three years since troopers started carrying defibrillators, a ...

How to use a defibrillator? What to do when someone goes into a cardiac arrest There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year and with survival rates so low, ...

High school students would be trained to use defibrillators and have to become certified in CPR to graduate under a renewed proposal on Beacon Hill that has picked ...

They need a defibrillator and high-quality CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).” What should you be wary of? The good news is, there’s not much to worry about when using one.

Traditionally, defibrillator pads are placed in an anterior-lateral (AL) position: one on the right side of the chest, just below the collarbone, and the other on the lower left side, near the armpit.