A study published in the Jan. 18 Lancet medical journal shows CPR performed with two experimental devices can increase survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac event by 53 percent. Beaumont Hospital, ...
The odds of survival among patients who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary quite a bit depending on which EMS agency treats them, according to a new study published in JAMA Cardiology. In ...
A study in the December 2003 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine identifies specific factors that may impede dispatcher-assisted bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and could potentially ...
Concerns of sexual assault accusations are one of the factors why women are less likely than men to receive CPR from a bystander, according to a new study. The preliminary findings come from a survey ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A new analysis shows that COVID-19 cases accounted for less than 10% of out-of-hospital cardiac ...
(CNN) — Survival rates for Black women are far worse after bystander CPR than for White men, according to a study published this month in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. The study ...
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Every year, more than 300,000 people die from cardiac arrest, but a new study could help cut into that number for communities around here. When your heart stops, time ...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child's heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of ...
CHICAGO -- Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR and at a much lower cost. That's the bottom line from the first test of using ...