Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.
DALLAS, Nov. 11, 2019 -- Implementing citizen responder programs to answer calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests may increase bystander defibrillation in private homes, according to preliminary ...
Most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are caused by ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Electrical defibrillation is the only effective therapy for these Prompt ...
Defibrillator clocks keep inaccurate time, complicating efforts to determine mortality risk and resu
Chicago, IL - Many models of cardiac defibrillators do not keep accurate time and cannot be relied on to determine collapse-to-defibrillation interval, potentially jeopardizing efforts to assess ...
Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.
Millions of Brits don’t know how to perform CPR, a charity has warned, urging more people to learn the skill that can “double ...
When implanting a subcutaneous ICD, routine defibrillation testing could be safely skipped when using a scoring system to ...
Expert guidelines advocate defibrillation within 2 minutes after an in-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmia. However, empirical data on the prevalence of delayed defibrillation in ...
The ambulance drone delivers defibrillation to a mock patient.--Courtesy of TU Delft Drones are used to kill bad guys in war zones, but graduate student Alex Momont wants to use them to save lives. He ...
Automatic external defibrillators are becoming widely used in many walks of life, including supermarkets and airports. Automatic external defibrillators provide an essential part of the chain of life ...
When cardiologists implant defibrillators in patients at high risk of dying from a heart rhythm disorder they nearly always perform a defibrillation test in which they induce a lethal arrhythmia, ...
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