As 18th-century science and medicine brought properties of electricity to light, some Victorian doctors decided that putting sick people in a bathtub and shocking them might be a good idea.

Movie myth? OR clinically correct? Can a defibrillator really jump start a flatlined heart bringing you back from the dead just like in the movies? Learn the science behind an electrical shock to your heart and when it...

Did you know that electricity is used to save lives?
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Dr. Forrester describes the different health care professionals in your community that provide you with care in an emergency.

We Defibrillated a Steak

Dubbing it 'ambulance drone', a student at a Dutch university has developed a flying defibrillator that can respond within minutes after a heart attack sets in. "Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the European Union every...