PITTSBURGH — Typically, when paramedics get to a cardiac arrest patient their job is to stabilize and revive. Now, EMS in communities such as Shaler, Ross and the City of Pittsburgh are being told to ...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—Taking resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients who are not having a myocardial infarction directly to a specialized cardiac arrest center offers no ...
STATEN ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A Staten Island doctor was able to save the life of a cardiac arrest patient twice. Pythagoras Aso works as a home health aide, but in November he was the one who ...
In-flight cardiac arrest is extremely rare, yet catastrophic, and responsible for up to 86% of all deaths in the air. A new ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — CPR compressions is what many of us were taught to do when saving someone's life, but now physicians are trying out 'ECPR.' Doctors at UF Health say they've already seen success ...
A partnership between Duke University and Forsyth County will send drones equipped with automated external defibrillators ...
Saratoga Springs, NY (WRGB) — A team from Saratoga Pulmonology is being praised for their swift and life-saving actions after a patient collapsed in the parking lot with full cardiac arrest. Michele ...
A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest. The linchpin is the system's ability to analyze long-underused heart imaging, alongside a full ...
Nursing Faculty Member Bonnie Schopfer was in nursing school, simulation technology was not yet used. Now, it’s standard at nursing schools across the country, including ACC. “We didn’t have ...
Cardiac arrest during labor and delivery appeared more common than previously seen -- particularly for older, Black, and low-income pregnant patients -- but with better survival rates, according to a ...
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - Mere seconds from death, a St. Louis man who nearly died of cardiac arrest is now vowing to pay it forward two years later. Tony Meneses is a first-generation Filipino ...
HOUSTON – **After the story aired, Chief Sam Pena presented HFD call time records that showed that the patient waited 25 minutes, not 29 minutes as first reported. Chief Pena’s initial investigation ...