WHEATON, Mo. — A teacher is lucky to be alive after collapsing in her classroom in January. Sally Sharp lost consciousness, stopped breathing, and her heart stopped beating.

In its fiscal third-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Medtronic expressed the desire to divest its automated external defibrillator business, Physio-Control, once again. Roughly four years ago — in December 2006 — the Fridley, Minnesota-based medical device company signaled its intent to spin off the emergency response systems business unit. Medtronic said that after being divested, Physio …

Medtronic is once again ready to divest its wholly owned subsidiary Physio-Control. The subsidiary makes automated external defibrillators and in recent years has been affected by multiple product recalls by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry is calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to pass the Defibrillator Access Act, which would require automated external defibrillators to be installed inpublic buildings around the province.

TORONTO – Hockey commentator Don Cherry is calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to pass the Defibrillator Access Act, which would require automated external defibrillators to be installed in public buildings around the province.

Albany, N.Y. – The State Senate passed a bill that would allow EMTs to carry an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in their personal vehicles.

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has been awarded a contract to deploy Powerheart AEDs at U.S. Postal Inspection Service sites across the nation.

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has been awarded a contract to deploy Powerheart® AEDs at U.S.