Over 70 percent of all heart attacks occur at home.  If one strikes you, are you prepared to deal with it?

Most heart attacks can be reversed with a defibrillator. A defibrillator delivers a mild electric charge to the heart that makes it pump normally again. For every minute that defibrillation is delayed, a heart attack victim's chances of survival decrease by 10 percent.

Until now, defibrillators were available only to trained medical and emergency personnel. Anyone suffering a heart attack at home was forced to wait until EMS arrived with this life-saving device.

A home defibrillator you can use

Philips's defibrillation technology has made it the number one choice for saving lives in airlines, airports and workplaces around the world. Now the same technology is available to you in your home.

The Philips Heart Start is the only defibrillator certified by the Food and Drug Administration for home use. It searches for a specific, irregular heart rhythm and on finding it, conveys its electric charge in four thousandths of a second. If it doesn't find the irregularity, it doesn't defibrillate.

Heart Start is built to lie dormant for years and work instantly when you need it. Its battery is good for four years and alerts you with audible and visible alarms when it is down to one-quarter of its power. 

It's easy to use the Heart Start – just two quick steps and it goes to work. You don't even have to unbutton the patient's shirt.

Take your first step toward peace of mind 

You can buy Heart Start with a prescription from Quick Care Response, your authorized Philips provider. We supply you with the defibrillator, demonstrate its use, and help you get comfortable using it. And we'll answer your questions as long as you own the Heart Start.