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The Compress and Shock Foundation is holding free CPR and AED classes for the public on May 21st
The Compress and Shock Foundation is encouraging the public to “Own the Outcome” in cardiac arrest by attending their 6th Annual Free CPR and AED Education Day on Saturday, May 21st. Classes will be held at various locations around Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. A few locations will offer Spanish-language CPR and AED education… Read More
Drone-delivered defibrillators could save lives
As a kid, Justin Boutilier would sometimes get roped into helping his dad, a paramedic and firefighter, perform automated external defibrillator demonstrations in and around his hometown of Niagara Falls, Canada. “If a kid can use an AED, so can you,” he says, recalling one of his dad’s messages during those visits to local office buildings or… Read More
Mower, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator, dies at 89
BALTIMORE, MD--Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died at age 89. Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mower, who died two days earlier of cancer at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver, The… Read More
Resuscitation science and technology leaders introduce new, groundbreaking T-CPR training and education
Resuscitation quality improvement programs empower telecommunicators to help improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes DALLAS, TX--A new suite of telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) training and education programs designed for the first first responders in a sudden cardiac arrest emergency is now available from RQI Partners, the partnership… Read More
Automated head-raising device tied to better CPR results in cardiac arrest
Resuscitation bundle linked with improved odds of neurologically favorable survival A device that raises the head during CPR to improve blood circulation boosted the likelihood that patients in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) reached neurologically intact recovery, a researcher reported. Patients who received CPR along with the EleGARD "… Read More
Recalled experiences surrounding death: More than hallucinations?
NEW YORK, NY -- Scientific advances in the 20th and 21st centuries have led to a major evolution in the understanding of death. At the same time, for decades, people who have survived an encounter with death have recalled unexplained lucid episodes involving heightened consciousness and awareness. These have been reported using the popular -- yet… Read More
AI predicts if and when someone will experience cardiac arrest
An algorithm built to assess scar patterns in patient heart tissue can predict potentially life-threatening arrhythmias more accurately than doctors can. A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict if and when a patient could die of cardiac arrest. The technology, built on raw images of patient's diseased hearts and patient… Read More
HeartRescue Project integrates with Resuscitation Academy Foundation
The HeartRescue Project was sponsored by the Medtronic Philanthropy, and is an effort to partner with states and organizations to build a comprehensive registry of resuscitation that can be used to focus efforts to improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The mantra of HeartRescue is to “measure and improve.” The original… Read More
Who should receive a device to prevent sudden cardiac death?
Heart images may help to predict the risk of sudden cardiac death in heart attack survivors, according to the largest analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) data to date. The late breaking research from the PROFID project is presented at EHRA 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “Heart attack survivors… Read More