People who live in neighborhoods that were subjected to the historical practice of "redlining" may be less likely to receive lifesaving care from a bystander during a cardiac arrest than people in other neighborhoods, new ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Bystanders are less likely to give life-saving CPR to women having a cardiac arrest in public than men, leading to more women dying from the common health emergency, researchers said Monday.
Sep 18, 2023
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Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. ...
Sep 17, 2023
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Up to an hour after their hearts had stopped, some patients revived by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had clear memories afterward of experiencing death, and while unconscious, had brain patterns linked to thought and ...
Sep 14, 2023
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When Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is administered out of the hospital by lay persons, it is associated with a two- to four-fold increase in survival. Bystanders may obtain CPR instructions from emergency dispatchers, ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Using a defibrillator for a cardiac arrest victim improves 30-day survival even with ambulance response times as short as two minutes, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.
Aug 24, 2023
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CPR can double someone's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest in the community, but new research published in BMJ Open finds Australians born overseas lack the support and opportunity to learn. The researchers explore ways ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Despite similar rates of bystander CPR after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Asian adults in the U.S. have lower rates of survival than white adults, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American ...
Jul 26, 2023
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People suffering from sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) are used as soon as possible. However, in an out-of-hospital setting ...
Jul 10, 2023
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It's estimated that around 25% of patients who have a cardiac arrest and receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a normal hospital setting will survive. Those odds shoot up to 50% for patients who receive CPR during ...
Jul 3, 2023
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