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All CPR Is Not Equal
CHICAGO, IL--The effectiveness of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in cardiac arrest cases may have influenced the outcomes in one clinical trial, researchers suggested here. Only about 40% of patients in the trial received CPR that was guideline compliant in delivering proper compression rate, compression depth and compression… Read More
Patients With Active Asthma at Higher Risk for Heart Attack, Mayo Clinic Research Shows
Heart attacks can lead to sudden cardiac arrest CHICAGO, IL--Patients with active asthma — such as any use of asthma medications, and unscheduled office or emergency visits for asthma — are at a twofold risk of having a heart attack, according to Mayo Clinic research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014.… Read More
Women Are More Likely to Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Says International Study
Women are 11 percent more likely to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to men, according to researchers at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014. Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. The time and mode of death are unexpected. It occurs… Read More
Women Less Likely to be Successfully Resuscitated After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Says Dutch Study
Women are less likely to be successfully resuscitated with CPR by emergency medical services when they have a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital, according to researchers in The Netherlands who presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014. Researchers identified 22,443 out-of-hospital cardiac deaths (52.8 percent… Read More
Are Women More Likely to Survive Cardiac Arrest?
Cardiac arrest is most often fatal, but research is conflicting on whether women have better survival odds than men. In two studies scheduled to be presented Saturday at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Chicago, researchers reached differing conclusions. One French study, of more than 400,000 cardiac arrest victims, found that… Read More
Resuscitation Beyond the 25-Minute Mark
Good neurological outcomes likely in survivors of prolonged resuscitation On a hot summer afternoon in Raleigh, N.C., paramedics from the Wake County EMS System (WCEMSS) respond to a middle-aged man lying pulseless and apneic next to his truck on the shoulder of an interstate. The Raleigh Fire Department personnel who were first on scene had… Read More
Judge Supports Duty of Target to Have AEDs at Its Big Box Stores
91-Year-Old Ninth Circuit Judge Supports Duty of Target to have AED at Its Big Box Stores: Monstah PAC Announces its Support for Allowing Trial Over Issue of Target Store’s Failure to have AED Onsite When Customer Died from Sudden Cardiac Arrest OCEANSIDE, CA--Monstah PAC a Federal Election Commission registered Super PAC announced today that it… Read More
Bobby V. Khan, MD, PhD, Elected Chairman of the Board
PITTSBURGH, PA--Bobby V. Khan, MD, PhD, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation on November 4. Dr. Khan succeeds Norman S. Abramson, MD, FACEP, FCCM, Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine, who served as Board Chair since 2011. Dr. Khan previously served as Board… Read More
Women Dismiss Heart Disease Warning Signs More Than Men
Women are more likely than men to dismiss chest pain that signals heart problems and to delay seeking medical help, even though heart disease is a leading cause of death for both women and men, according to a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) expert. Studying patients with suspected coronary artery disease who were about to undergo their… Read More