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In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests at Night Associated with Increased Brain Damage
ORLANDO, FL--Hospitalized patients suffering cardiac arrest at night are more likely to have poor neurological outcome, compared to day time patients, according researcher presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015. Researchers studied information about patients’ survivals after in-hospital cardiac arrest at a teaching… Read More
New Recommendations Green-Light Some Athletes with Heart Disease to Compete
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Scientific Statement Statement Highlights New recommendations may “green-light” some trained athletes with certain heart conditions to participate in competitive sports. Recent research concludes that the risk of sudden cardiac arrest is lower than previously thought for some… Read More
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Offers Educational Postcard to Help Raise Awareness
In an effort to increase awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of immediate bystander intervention, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation has developed a postcard with basic facts about sudden cardiac arrest and the critical importance of immediate bystander intervention. The postcard, with and without crop marks, is available… Read More
Hospitals to Pay $250 Million for Cardiac Device Coverage Violations
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The 457 hospitals are from 43 states, the Justice Department said. The settlement involves a type of device that… Read More
Study: Hands-Only CPR Makes Teenagers More Likely to Respond in Emergency
Researchers saw a nearly 50 percent improvement in the number of students willing to perform CPR. ST. PETERSBURG, FL--The mouth-to-mouth part of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, has long been the focus of jokes on television and in movies. But when instructors in a study with high school freshmen taught hands-only CPR, students… Read More
Double Play: Gill Heart Institute Saves 27-Year-Old Identical Twins
LEXINGTON, KY--Jon Wes and Gardner Adams share a lot. Both have a profound love for baseball. Both are in phenomenal physical condition. And as identical twins, they share the same genetic profile. The Adams twins, now 27, began playing baseball almost before they could read. Both were offered scholarships to Asbury University. Gardner was drafted… Read More
New CPR Guidelines Recommend Using Social Media and Mobile Technology to Speed Bystander CPR in Sudden Cardiac Arrests
PulsePoint CPR Response App already downloaded more than 505,000 times--more than 16,500 cardiac arrest responders alerted to date. REDMOND, WA--For the first time, CPR guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend that communities consider using social media and mobile app technology to alert CPR responders when someone… Read More
CPR in America
Second Opinion, WXXI’s national healthcare series, has formed an exciting partnership with the American Heart Association to produce a national television special designed to teach Hands-Only CPR to all of America. CPR in America premieres on WXXI-TV and PBS stations across the country Thursday, October 15 at 8 p.m. It will coincide… Read More
American Heart Association CPR Guidelines: Quick Action, More Teamwork Key to Saving More Lives
DALLAS, TX--People should continue to jump in quickly to give CPR, using breaths if they’ve been trained in CPR and employing mobile technology to speed up the rescue of cardiac arrest victims, according to the American Heart Association’s 2015 Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). The… Read More