What happens to your heart when a defibrillator shocks you? The science behind this life-saving procedure will amaze you�myth ...

That's a defibrillator in action, a desperate attempt to jump-start a heart whose rhythms have gone haywire. If not treated within about 10 minutes, cardiac arrest almost inevitably leads to death.

New figures show there are 100,000 defibrillators registered in the UK, with almost 3,700 registered in Northern Ireland ...

Pam Shurmer is campaigning for better access to public defibrillators at all times of ... alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best chance of survival after a cardiac arrest.

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands more publicly accessible devices have been registered since the Express began campaigning with the ...