The skin presents a formidable barrier to life-saving defibrillators, but a team of students from Rice University believes it has found a way around that problem.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
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The Zoll LifeVest is a temporary, wearable defibrillator designed as a safety net for patients, especially those being evaluated for a permanent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
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This video details the first use of a new protocol at The Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center to start sudden cardiac arrest patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) en...
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January 31, 2018 — Overall survival has improved for the about 200,000 patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest in the U.S.
The automated external defibrillator add-on developed by Rice University students is a pad of needles that break through the skin's natural impedance barrier to deliver an electric shock to the heart of a patient in cardiac arrest. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)
News | Defibrillator Monitors | April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018 — The skin presents a formidable barrier to life-saving defibrillators, but a team of students from...
Videos | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | March 14, 2018
The Zoll LifeVest is a temporary, wearable defibrillator designed as a safety net for patients, especially those...
Jeffrey Olgin, M.D., F.A.C.C., Division of Cardiology, UCSF
On behalf of VEST investigators
News | ACC | March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018 – Wearing a lightweight vest equipped with a cardioverter...
News | Patient Monitors | March 09, 2018
March 9, 2018 — Philips recently announced the integration of its IntelliVue Guardian with automated Early Warning...
Videos | February 22, 2018
This video details the first use of a new protocol at The Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center to start...
News | February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018 — Philips is recalling the HeartStart MRx Defibrillator due to a defect in the device's Gas...
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | January 31, 2018
January 31, 2018 — Overall survival has improved for the about 200,000 patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac...
News | Wearable Sensors | January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week it is providing information and...
News | Wearable Sensors | December 28, 2017
December 28, 2017 — Zoll Medical Corp. and Myant, Inc., a high-tech advanced manufacturing company, announced they...
News | ECG | December 08, 2017
December 8, 2017 — Cardiologists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center compared...
News | November 25, 2017
November 25, 2017 — Children and young adults with diabetes may be seven times more likely to die from sudden...
News | EP Lab | October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017 — The American College of Cardiology, along with the American Heart Association and the Heart...
News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based measurements of the functional connections in the brain...
News | Defibrillator Monitors | October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017 — Zoll Canada, a subsidiary of Zoll Medical Corp., announced it has won the tender to equip all...
