Over three years, the group with AEDs had 27 cardiac-arrest deaths at home while the CPR group had 31. Resuscitation worked eight times in each group. Our consultants now offer the following advice: ...

It's not April Fools': Post-MI ICD-ineligible patients in a randomized trial kept an automated external defibrillator at home, but it didn't seem to improve their chances of staying alive.