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Nov. 11, 2024 The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...
Nov. 12, 2024 The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have ...
Feb. 13, 2023 When patients receive care after cardiac arrest, doctors can now -- by entering patient data in a web-based app -- find out how thousands of similar patients have fared. Researchers have developed ...
Nov. 13, 2023 The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...
Jan. 30, 2023 The annual incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in older adults is rare: 2 to 3 cases per 100,000 ...
Sep. 14, 2023 Up to an hour after their hearts had stopped, some patients revived by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had clear memories afterward of experiencing death and had brain patterns while unconscious ...
Nov. 7, 2022 One in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of ...
Jan. 26, 2023 Two novel research studies move the needle on predicting two important heart conditions -- sudden cardiac arrest, which is often fatal, and increased coronary artery calcium, a marker of coronary ...
Mar. 1, 2023 In a study of U.S. military veterans, researchers noted that participating in home-based cardiac rehabilitation was associated with a 36% lower risk of death compared to veterans who chose not to ...
Aug. 28, 2023 Investigators are one step closer to helping individuals catch a sudden cardiac arrest before it happens, thanks to a new study. The study, led by sudden cardiac arrest experts, found that 50% of ...