Sudden cardiac arrest may occur in various conditions when someone, while active (playing basketball or walking with friends), collapses and passes out. Their blood pressure drops, and often their heart stops. This may be ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Despite improvements in CPR and rates of getting patients to the hospital, only about 10% of people ultimately survive after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), translating to about 300,000 deaths per year in the United ...
Dec 4, 2024
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The thrill of bagging a big buck or gobbler can bring a smile to any hunter's face. But the exertion of dragging that trophy back to camp could bring on a heart attack or stroke, according to the American Heart Association, ...
Dec 3, 2024
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A recent major review of data published by The Lancet and led by Emory sports cardiologist Jonathan Kim, MD, shows that Black athletes are approximately five times more likely to experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and ...
Nov 28, 2024
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If someone's heart suddenly stops beating, they may only have minutes to live. Doing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can increase their chances of survival. CPR makes sure blood keeps pumping, providing oxygen to the ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Most cases of cardiac arrest during sport are likely to be preventable. In addition, the emergency response with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillators within the sports context can be improved. This has been ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Administrating life-saving drugs for cardiac arrest directly into the bone does not improve survival rates compared to the standard intravenous (IV) method, according to new research from The University of Warwick in partnership ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates dropped significantly at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have continued to remain lower than in the pre-pandemic years of 2015–2019, according to a preliminary ...
Nov 11, 2024
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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 saving the person's life ...
Nov 11, 2024
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You encounter someone collapsed on the sidewalk and quickly dial 911.
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