Beckers et al. asked 236 first-year medical students to use an automated external defibrillator, either in automatic or semiautomatic mode, in a mock cardiac arrest scenario. This exercise was ...

They are used - alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best chance of survival ... to find their nearest defibrillator. "These devices are simple and easy to use, and everyone should have ...

How to use a defibrillator and save a life - BBC News In order to have the best chances of survival, someone in cardiac arrest needs CPR and often a defibrillator to be used within two to three ...