Fewer than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receive CPR before EMS teams arrive, according to the American Heart Association. Even fewer patients are treated with an automated external ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating (cardiac arrest), according to the American Heart Association. The AHA says there are ...

Knowing how to perform CPR and use an AED can significantly increase the survival rate of someone experiencing SCA. Many schools lack adequate AEDs and CPR training for students and staff.

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

However, on that Saturday in the spring of 2024, Lawson sat up after doing a round of crunches and felt the blood drain from his body. “I thought ‘wow, let me compose myself,’” Lawson recalled. “And ...

In a public cardiac emergency, when seconds count, being familiar with CPR may not be enough to inspire bystander action. In ...

Previous research in mice has shown that the longer this interval is, the longer the time before ROSC is achieved. Eftestøl et al wanted to determine whether similar hands-off intervals in humans ...