Health
Poll finds nearly half of Americans unprepared for medical emergency
A medical emergency can happen at any moment. Will you be prepared?
Jan 20, 2023
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News tagged with resuscitation
Cardiology
Time essential when treating cardiac arrest in athletes
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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Health
Volunteers are often first on the scene to save people with cardiac arrest, finds Swedish study
Volunteer so-called SMS lifesavers in Sweden, who are alerted to cardiac arrests nearby using a mobile app, perform a large part of life-saving efforts before the ambulance, police or emergency services arrive, regardless ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Cardiology
Developing a smartwatch to detect unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
The University of Twente and its partners are developing a smart wearable to automatically and reliably detect out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and to trigger an immediate emergency response. The UT (Technical Medical ...
Nov 25, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study shows nearly one-third of extremely premature infants develops late-onset sepsis
Nearly one-third of very premature infants develop late-onset sepsis, a life-threatening infection that occurs more than three days after birth, according to new research from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Lucid dying: Patients recall death experiences during CPR
One in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of death, a new study shows.
Nov 7, 2022
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Cardiology
CPR education in public housing communities may improve cardiac arrest survival
Of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in residential areas of Vienna and Copenhagen from 2016-2021, one-third of those cardiac arrests occurred in public housing communities. That occurrence jumped to more than 60% when ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Cardiology
Blacks, hispanics less likely than whites to receive bystander CPR
Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than Whites to receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the Oct. 27 issue of the New England Journal ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Health
Is a do-not-resuscitate tattoo a valid advance directive?
With the growing popularity of tattoos, you may wonder if a tattoo is the best way to express health care wishes. Tattooing "DNR" or "DNI" on your chest may seem like an easy way to permanently express your wishes. But this ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early aggressive fluid resuscitation not better for pancreatitis
Early aggressive fluid resuscitation results in a higher incidence of fluid overload and does not improve clinical outcomes for patients presenting with acute pancreatitis, according to a study published in the Sept. 15 issue ...
Sep 16, 2022
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