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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC supports parents’ presence with children during resuscitation

Inviting parents to the bedside while their child receives CPR is supported by professional associations, joint position and policy statements, and clinical practice guidelines, but hospitals often find that putting those recommendations into practice requires more than a new policy.

1 Jun 2016

Tips to keep children safe at kiddie pools

Big backyard swimming pools aren't the only source of drownings. Those seemingly safe small, inflatable "kiddie" pools can be just as dangerous.

24 May 2016

Resuscitation drugs along with defibrillation shocks can help stabilize heart beat after cardiac arrest

Administering heart resuscitation drugs to patients whose cardiac arrest is witnessed at the time of the attack can improve survival, but needs to be done through an IV line rather than directly into bone marrow as is more commonly done by paramedics, a new study involving UT Southwestern Medical Center emergency physicians and Dallas-Fort Worth Emergency Medical Services agencies reveals.

7 Apr 2016

Study elucidates potential benefits of antiarrhythmic drugs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Paramedics often give heart rhythm stabilizing drugs to patients who are suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest when they fail to regain a stable heart rhythm after electrical shock treatment.

5 Apr 2016

Confronting the global concern of pressure ulcers

Almost 700,000 people in the UK are affected by pressure ulcers every year, making this global issue a substantial concern for health professionals and care units worldwide.

From Opera Care 1 Feb 2016

New study finds that living in high-rise buildings may affect survival after cardiac arrest

The number of people living in high-rise buildings in rising, but along with the convenience and panoramic views of a downtown condo comes a risk: a new study found that survival rates from cardiac arrest decrease the higher up the building a person lives.

19 Jan 2016

American College of Cardiology to honor LA BioMed researcher with Distinguished Teacher Award

John Michael Criley, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researcher, will receive the 2016 Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology on April 4 at the organization's 65th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago, IL.

11 Jan 2016

Emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve cardiac arrest survival rates

Although survival rates for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital are extremely low in most places, emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve survival rates and functional outcomes in any community and urge additional federal funding for cardiac resuscitation research in an editorial published online last Wednesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("IOM Says Times to Act to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival ... Here's How").

5 Jan 2016

Sedentary behaviour worsens health of heart disease patients

Patients with heart disease who sit a lot have worse health even if they exercise, reveals research from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention.

26 Nov 2015

Study compares new cardiopulmonary resuscitation with standard CPR in cardiac arrest

Continuous chest compression, touted as the new way to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, was not an improvement over standard CPR, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. The University of Alabama at Birmingham was one of eight United States and Canadian universities involved in the study, the largest such study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ever conducted.

10 Nov 2015

‘Zero pressure’ mattress solutions to be showcased at MEDICA 2015

‘Stop the Pressure’ is the message from pressure ulcer specialist Rober, who is showcasing their wide range of innovative mattresses in support of Worldwide STOP Pressure Ulcer Day at MEDICA 2015, the world’s largest healthcare technology exhibition.

4 Nov 2015

St. Luke's Community Education Center dedicated at Cetronia Ambulance Corps

Today, the new St. Luke’s Community Education Center at Cetronia Ambulance Corps was unveiled in a dedication ceremony with administrators, first responders and physicians.

22 Oct 2015

Researchers reveal link between hospital accreditation level and mortality rate among patients

For the first time, researchers from Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital and the Region of Southern Denmark can now demonstrate an association between level of hospital accreditation and the mortality rate among patients.

25 Sep 2015

Hadassah celebrates two years of Heart Health Program that helps women to take control of their health

Today, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, celebrates two years of the successful Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Health Program, which has reached over 10,000 women with educational events nationwide since starting in 2013.

15 Sep 2015

Study shows AED usage has increased in public locations, but not at homes

Efforts to improve automated external defibrillator (AED) usage increase bystander defibrillation in public places but not at home, reveals a study of more than 25 000 cardiac arrest patients presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Steen Hansen, a PhD student in the Department of Health, Science and Technology at Aalborg University in Denmark.

31 Aug 2015

Study: EMS-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be performed for 35 minutes

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be conducted for at least 35 minutes, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Yoshikazu Goto, associate professor and director of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Kanazawa University Hospital in Kanazawa, Japan.

31 Aug 2015

Bystander CPR can prevent brain damage, nursing home admission following cardiac arrest

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been linked to a 30% lower risk of nursing home admission and brain damage in survivors of cardiac arrest outside hospital in research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Kristian Kragholm, a PhD student in the Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.

31 Aug 2015

$Patients with refractory cardiac arrest brought to hospital with ongoing CPR can survive$

Patients with refractory cardiac arrest brought to hospital with ongoing CPR can survive

Refractory cardiac arrest patients brought to hospital with ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can survive with good brain function, according to research in nearly 4 000 patients presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Helle Søholm, a cardiologist at Copenhagen University Hospital Righospitalet in Denmark.

29 Aug 2015

Study: CPR usually saves lives on TV, but not in real life

If you think that performing CPR on a person whose heart has stopped is a surefire way to save their life, you may be watching too much TV.

29 Aug 2015

Paramedic care improves survival for paediatric patients who suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital

Less than 10 per cent of paediatric patients who suffer a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital survive. There are many factors which can influence survival rates; paramedic care is one of them.

26 Aug 2015

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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC supports parents’ presence with children during resuscitation

Tips to keep children safe at kiddie pools

Resuscitation drugs along with defibrillation shocks can help stabilize heart beat after cardiac arrest

Study elucidates potential benefits of antiarrhythmic drugs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Confronting the global concern of pressure ulcers

New study finds that living in high-rise buildings may affect survival after cardiac arrest

American College of Cardiology to honor LA BioMed researcher with Distinguished Teacher Award

Emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve cardiac arrest survival rates

Sedentary behaviour worsens health of heart disease patients

Study compares new cardiopulmonary resuscitation with standard CPR in cardiac arrest

‘Zero pressure’ mattress solutions to be showcased at MEDICA 2015

St. Luke's Community Education Center dedicated at Cetronia Ambulance Corps

Researchers reveal link between hospital accreditation level and mortality rate among patients

Hadassah celebrates two years of Heart Health Program that helps women to take control of their health

Study shows AED usage has increased in public locations, but not at homes

Study: EMS-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be performed for 35 minutes

Bystander CPR can prevent brain damage, nursing home admission following cardiac arrest

Patients with refractory cardiac arrest brought to hospital with ongoing CPR can survive

Study: CPR usually saves lives on TV, but not in real life

Paramedic care improves survival for paediatric patients who suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital

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