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Inspired by an urgent need to improve timely defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in dense urban settings, a team of investigators developed a simulation that explored the potential of leveraging an existing ...
Aug 28, 2025
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Drones can deliver pizza, and maybe one day your online shopping. So why not use them to deliver urgent medicines or other emergency health-care supplies?
Jul 16, 2025
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Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.
Apr 14, 2025
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The overall survival rate of athletes who suffer sudden cardiac arrest has improved over the past decade, but the likelihood of surviving varies by race, where the cardiac arrest occurred and what athletes were doing when ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Making it easy to access naloxone kits to reverse the effects of opioid poisoning will help save lives, according to research published in theCanadian Medical Association Journal) that looks at the best placements for these ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Cardiac arrest is when the heart stops abruptly with little or no warning. It is often fatal. According to American Heart Association data, 9 out of every 10 people who experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die.
Jan 2, 2025
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Schoolkids will be better able to save the life of a cardiac arrest victim, thanks to a new law signed this week by President Joe Biden.
Dec 29, 2024
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More than seven months after Manatee County launched a pilot program for a drone that can quickly respond to medical emergencies, 911 dispatchers have yet to use it.
Dec 18, 2024
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When you hear a favorite holiday tune, you might not immediately connect it with CPR.
Dec 16, 2024
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