Shock Your Heart
Tuesday September 28, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing clearance for the over-the-counter sale of an automatic external defibrillator designed specifically for lay users. The device shocks the heart to restore rhythm in people who are experiencing cardiac arrest. With 70 - 80 percent of cardiac arrest occuring at home without warning. The device, the HeartStart Home Defibrillator manufactured by Philips Medical Systems.