FDA Warns Users About Faulty Components in 14 External Defibrillator Models

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2010.  About 280,000 external defibrillators used worldwide in health care facilities, public places, or in the home may malfunction during attempts to rescue people in sudden cardiac arrest, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned today.

Sudden cardiac arrest is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When this happens, blood stops flowing to the brain and other vital organs, leading to death if not treated within…