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CPR Coach Training Boosts Coach Presence on Code Teams in Pediatric ICU

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Coach presence on code teams is significantly increased following a quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coach training intervention within a pediatric intensive...

Biden Signs HEARTS Act to Boost CPR, AED Training in Schools

MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 – Last week, President Joe Biden signed the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act into law, ensuring students in schools...

Social Factors Influence Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – Community-level social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with less use of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillator (AED)...

Bystanders More Readily Perform CPR If 911 Operator Instructs

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 – You encounter someone collapsed on the sidewalk and quickly dial 911.  Whether or not the operator instructs you on how to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could ...

Every Minute Counts: Speedy Defibrillator Delivery Saves Lives From Cardiac Arrest

MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 – Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. "Our research shows that every...

Naloxone Aids Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, Regardless of Drug Use

THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – Regardless of drug use, administration of naloxone during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with improved outcomes, such as increased survival to hospital...

Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 – The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows. Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs...

Disparities in Improved Survival Linked to Bystander CPR

FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 – Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with higher survival for all individuals with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but the association is weakest for...

Bystander CPR More Likely to Save Your Life If You're White and Male: Study

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found. Likewise, men are twice as likely...

Patch-Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Safe and Effective

FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – A novel, water-resistant patch-wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (P-WCD) is safe and effective for patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, according to a study published...

Tough Workouts Won't Trigger Cardiac Arrest in Folks With Long QT Syndrome

FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 – People diagnosed with one of the most common inherited heart arrhythmias, called Long QT syndrome (LQTS), can safely engage in vigorous exercise without any added risk for...

Women More Likely to Experience Anxiety, Depression After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 – Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors could experience changes in employment and income, and women may have an increase in dispensing of anxiety/depression...

After Cardiac Arrest, Women More Likely to Suffer Anxiety, Depression Than Men

TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 – Women who survive cardiac arrest are more likely to suffer anxiety or depression than male survivors, a new study warns. Data regarding the five-year health consequences of a...

Education, Simulation Training Prepares Staff for Emergency Resternotomy

THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 – Education and simulation training can improve staff comfort and familiarity with emergency resternotomy in the intensive care unit due to cardiac arrest after cardiac...

Education, Simulation Training Prepares Staff for Emergency Resternotomy

THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 – Education and simulation training can improve staff comfort and familiarity with emergency resternotomy in the intensive care unit due to cardiac arrest after cardiac...

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