More than half of British businesses do not have a defibrillator, show poll results released this week - despite the impact the device has on cardiac arrest survival rates. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) commissioned a survey of 1,000 business decision-makers across the...
Medical technology company Medtronic's stocks surged 5 percent Tuesday in the wake of strong earnings reports, while rivals on implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) market saw similar gains in the neighborhood of 4 percent, Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal reports. ICDs monitor patient's...
I'm getting one implanted + am very apprehensive about it. They said I wouldn't be able to use my left arm/hand for 2 weeks. I'm wondering about the bodies response to foreign matter invading it? What can I expect once it's in? If anyone has one, pls contact me + hopefully ease my mind?