That's a defibrillator ... or AEDs—are now common in public places, and manufacturers are increasingly selling them to consumers. Some 80 percent of cardiac-arrest deaths occur at home.

Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a device called a defibrillator. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable ...

That’s why Attarian helped procure six Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that will be installed in the Karsh Alumni & Visitors Center this fall, adding to Duke’s growing total of nearly 70 ...