A key concept in the successful treatment of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is the strategy known as the “chain of survival,” which emphasizes a system-of-care approach that includes ...

The best chance of survival with a good neurological outcome after cardiac arrest is afforded by early recognition and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), early defibrillation of ...

At least 225,000 people in the United States will die suddenly this year from coronary heart disease before they reach a hospital. 1,2 In addition, an estimated 370,000 to 750,000 patients will have a ...

INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.

GUIDELINES ordering paramedics to give up on saving patient after 12 defibrillator attempts could be binned after a man survived almost five times the recommended jolts. Miracle man John McCarthy, ...

YAS said its new system asked more detailed medical questions which meant the advice was "more accurate" and "better matches" ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study conducted in Japan found that an increased rate of bystander CPR and defibrillation between 2005 and ...

Defibrillators are not just for buildings - Moel Famau hill in north Wales has one Following the death of a rugby player from a cardiac arrest during a match, BBC Wales is taking a closer look at the ...

Spencer Stevenson says he owes his life to Hollie Page, who gave him CPR at a London railway station.