Access to a defibrillator and the quick wits of a school nurse and security guard are being credited with saving the life of a substitute teacher who had a heart attack at Edison Preparatory School ...

An elderly man who had a cardiac arrest at a Lancashire tennis club has praised his friend for "being willing and able to have a go" with a defibrillator that saved his life. David Pearson, 85, said ...

The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...