Imagine going in for a routine pre-operative EKG in which the medical professional is simply making sure all is well before surgery. The machine indicates you’ve had a massive heart attack on the ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY Two city groups opened their wallets Friday to an organization dedicated to keeping young hearts healthy. The Fountain Valley Firefighters Union Local 4530 and Fountain Valley Regional ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — On Dec. 14 Roundup for Safety Board awarded $47,569 to ten nonprofits for community safety projects. The funding will be allocated to school clinics for EKG machines. The funding is ...

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Think of the stereotypical representations of medicine, as they might appear on a television show: the crisp white coat, of course, and the stethoscope dangling at the ready. Syringes and intravenous ...

A ambulance technology overhaul is helping emergency responders in Garland save more lives. The Garland Fire Department is replacing 14 ambulance EKGs that were old and outdated. The new ones can ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- UofL Health - Shelbyville Hospital continued their mission to transforming the health of the community by donating an EKG machine to Mercy Medical Clinic. The EKG machine, ...

AliveCor has spent years battling with Apple over the market for consumer heart monitoring technology. Now it’s hoping to make its imprint on professional health care with its new device, which ...

The world knows no deadlier assassin than heart disease. It accounts for one in four fatalities in the US. Early detection remains the key to saving lives, but catching problems at the right time too ...

Trinity adds new EKG machines to ambulances Ambulances at the Trinity Regional Health System Rock Island and Bettendorf campuses now include mobile 12-lead EKG machines.

But that is not the big story. The big story is the marked rise in fake atrial fibrillation (AF) and other faulty ECG interpretations. Fake AF occurs when the computer calls the rhythm AF, the doctor ...