The news headlines show summer is a deadly period for drowning in Australia. Sadly, between December 1 and January 9, 35 people died due to drowning.
Jan 10, 2023
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For minutes that seemed to drag on endlessly on Jan. 2, tens of thousands of NFL fans at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati and millions more watching on television around the globe held their collective breath. After falling to ...
Jan 9, 2023
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A case of a 14-year-old girl who had a cardiac arrest at an overnight camp provides a roadmap of how to plan for a rare but often fatal event. The practice article is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Dec 5, 2022
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New research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) in Milan, Italy (4–6 June), shows it is practical to learn how to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ...
Jun 6, 2022
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A new randomized control trial compares the current recommendations of ventilation and chest compression versus ventilation during neonatal resuscitation using an ovine model of bradycardia. Findings from the study will be ...
Apr 22, 2022
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In a cardiac arrest, everything comes down to how quickly you "get on the chest." Every minute CPR is not initiated or an automated external defibrillator, or AED, is not utilized, the chance of survival decreases by 7-10%.
Mar 29, 2022
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Black and Hispanic individuals who experience a witnessed cardiac arrest at home or in public are substantially less likely than white individuals to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander, according ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Most of us probably know—more or less—how to resuscitate one of our fellow human beings. Even if you haven't taken a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you've probably seen the technique many times on television ...
Nov 5, 2021
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Lay responders' swift assistance to cardiac arrest victims is associated with improved survival, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.
Aug 28, 2021
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Kevin Marcus Miller joined a rec basketball league in Seattle to get more exercise, meet new people and balance out a life that had become too dominated by work.
Jun 1, 2021
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