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 ...

A national effort to make defibrillator training as commonplace as CPR instruction is slowly gaining steam as the lifesaving devices show up in malls, theme parks, casinos, senior centers, golf ...

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Kittim Sherrod and John Taylor Babbitt suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition, and possibly could have been saved if there had been easy access to a defibrillator. The HEARTS Act ...

In conjunction with the Healthy Campus Network and the Be Smart About Safety Programs, the Office of Emergency Services has established an Automated External Defibrillator Program. Through this ...

All 42 middle and high schools in Wake County will receive an automatic external defibrillator or AED for its campus. The $80,000 gift will be paired with training teams of faculty and students at ...