Wearable Defibrillator
February 14, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
It has now been three years since Zoll (Pittsburgh, PA) introduced the first wearable defibrillator, and this piece reports on the continued success wearable models have had for patients at high risk for abnormal heart rhythms. The device has shown a 91.6% survivability from sudden cardiac arrest, which mainly comes from not having to wait for a bystander or EMT to intervene. MORE