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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Only nurses and coaches are currently required to be trained in Texas on automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. When Terri Lucas’ son Kevin collapsed in the hall at Pfllugerville ...

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A Mansfield teen is now living proof that access to and training on automated external defibrillators does save lives. On Monday, we introduced you to 13 year-old Jeffrey Cotton, whose life was saved ...

The HISD school board unanimously approved a plan last Thursday to purchase 225 automated defibrillators and train 720 more HISD employees to use them. Though the move comes after four Houston-area ...

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 ...

Last season, Bills safety Damar Hamlin‘s life was saved on the field thanks to the quick work of medical professionals who knew CPR and the proper use of a defibrillator. But you don’t have to be a ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW BOSTON, TX (KSLA) - A teacher's aide in New Boston is counting her blessings. The aide went into cardiac arrest while at the middle school. Fortunately, some fellow teachers with the help of a new ...