Alan Zacharias chose Mt. Bierstadt as his first Colorado 14er, after hitting several other famous hikes like the Manitou Incline. "Drove up there, had a successful ascent up the mountain, and came ...

After the incident during the pro football game, I want to make sure that all high schools in Hamilton County have available for every home event, yep, even the band concerts, a portable defibrillator ...

A student at McKinney High School near Dallas is alive today thanks to a portable machine on stand-by at the school. The 17-year-old collapsed on the soccer field last week after his heart stopped.

School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

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 ...

Emily Cranny, 14, has a congenital heart defect, one that sometimes means her heart stops working properly. A defibrillator implanted more than a year ago already has saved her life once. Now, the ...