Cardiology
App helps save Seattle cardiac patient
If your heart is going to stop, right outside a hospital is not a bad place for it.
Oct 20, 2016
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News tagged with chest compressions
Cardiology
Study raises questions over timing of heart shocks in resuscitation guidelines
Two studies published by The BMJ today evaluate treatments for patients with cardiac arrest in hospital.
Apr 6, 2016
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Cardiology
CPR by medics: Keep pumping or stop for rescue breathing?
Continuous chest compressions during out-of-hospital CPR by emergency medical responders did not offer survival advantages, when compared to interrupting manual chest pumping to perform rescue breathing. Nor were continuous ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Cardiology
In first real-world example, study shows mechanical and manual CPR produce equivalent survival
Mechanical CPR, in which a device is used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers to deliver automated chest compressions during cardiac arrest resuscitation care, is associated with an equivalent survival rate for patients ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Pediatrics
Hands-only CPR in high school class pumps up likelihood of bystander response to cardiac arrest
Freshmen at eight Florida high schools who learned how to provide circulatory support to someone in sudden cardiac arrest using chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth ventilations said they would be significantly more ...
Oct 23, 2015
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Cardiology
Studies examine use of bystander interventions for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Two studies in the July 21 issue of JAMA find that use of interventions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators by bystanders and first responders have increased and were associated with ...
Jul 21, 2015
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Cardiology
Chest compressions save lives, says cardiologist
Imagine being with someone who suddenly collapses and doesn't respond to you.
Feb 11, 2015
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Cardiology
Depth and rate of chest compressions during CPR impact survival in cardiac arrest
The depth of chest compressions and the rate at which they were applied make a significant impact on survival and recovery of patients, a review of research by UT Southwestern Medical Center Emergency Medicine physicians ...
Feb 5, 2015
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Health
Last wishes and clear choices – learning how to talk about end-of-life care
Conversations around end-of-life medical care can be challenging. Consider someone I'll call Mrs. Jones, an elderly patient with advanced heart disease. When her doctor asked her to discuss the kind of care she wanted to ...
Jan 12, 2015
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Pediatrics
Giving the breath of life to infants
For several Edmonton parents, the work being done by University of Alberta researchers Po-Yin Cheung and Georg Schmölzer could not be more meaningful. Cheung and Schmölzer's efforts are focused on the resuscitation of newborn ...
Sep 9, 2014
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