We have got to get over several bad assumptions...

You might be amazed to find how many people feel that cardiac arrests happen only to older folks, that there's really not much you can do - most of the people who arrest stay dead, and that they will never see a sudden cardiac arrest happen.I encounter that all the time. First of all, hundreds of… Read More

Impaired family functioning

My brother suffered a cardiac arrest on March 20, 2011. On March 25th he suffered another 10...yes ten arrests. He was in the cardiac ICU at the time, and thankfully the staff responded quickly to his needs. He had to shocked 150 times during this crisis. After this happened an Impella device was… Read More

Mr. Ryks, the answer to the implied question at the end is that the odds are more than 90% that she would have stayed dead.

Automated external defibrillator helps revive woman at Duluth airport Bystanders used an automated external defibrillator and CPR to revive a woman who collapsed at Duluth International Airport on Sunday afternoon. By: Steve Kuchera, Duluth News Tribune The woman was waiting to go through security… Read More

Can you spot the one thing that would have increased his chances of getting out of the hospital with major brain function intact

Teamwork helped fallen 8th-grade Jessie Clark player after he collapsed By Jim Warren — jwarren@herald-leader.com Posted: 12:12pm on Feb 7, 2012; Modified: 2:20pm on Feb 7, 2012 Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059144/teamwork-helped-fallen-8th-g… Fayette County school district… Read More

Maybe you can help me understand why.

What follows is a recounting of something that happens every day. But it almost always only happens when someone steps up and performs Bystander CPR. Why is it that Bystander CPR is performed only one third of the time? Seriously, I'd like to have your opinion. We're trying to fix the problem, and… Read More

Skip getting trained & maybe your psychiatrist will be able to buy that new car.

BY MARSHA SILLS Acadiana bureau February 04, 2012 “I’m a living example: This is what knowing CPR can do.” Gary Dodson, who received CPR after a heart attack while jogging LAFAYETTE — For years, Gary Dodson put off attending free bystander CPR training held annually at the Cajundome. But that… Read More

Student recovering after cardiac arrest

By: Sarah Gorvin, The Republican Eagle Goodhue County. When Red Wing School District began installing automated external defibrillators in its buildings a few years ago, high school Principal Beth Borgen said she hoped they would never need to be opened. “I said, ‘This is the best use of taxpayers… Read More

This study needs to be done.

The NIH has launched two multicenter clinical trials that will evaluate treatments for sudden cardiac arrest that occurs out of the hospital. The CCC trial will compare survival with hospital discharge rates for two CPR approaches — continuous chest compressions combined with pause-free rescue… Read More

It's easy to read the paper without realizing what needs to be fixed.

Tragically, a 64 y/o gentleman died in San Antonio yesterday. The cause of death has not been announced, but it's likely that it was either a sudden cardiac arrest, a ruptured aortic anurism, or asphyxia via drowning, with the most likely being a sudden cardiac arrest. It is apparent from the… Read More

This doesn't have to depend upon having a PhysEd teacher or a nurse nearby.

As reported in The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) from an API story. Staffers revive Columbia Falls High School student who collapsed in gym class KALISPELL, Mont. — Columbia Falls High School staffers used CPR and an automated external defibrillator to restore the heartbeat of a 16-year-old student… Read More