Cardiac Arrest News and Research

Latest Cardiac Arrest News and Research

Study finds cause and history of spontaneous coronary artery dissection

The initial findings of a study on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a major cause of heart attacks in women, are reported today in a late breaking science session at ESC Congress 2018.

28 Aug 2018

Innovative assistive surgical devices dominate in DEBUT challenge

Projects focused on providing simple, low-cost modifications to surgical techniques that could reduce pain or damage from these procedures dominated this year's Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams challenge.

27 Aug 2018

Sociodemographic risk adjustment can improve apparent performance of some hospitals

Sociodemographic risk adjustment of emergency care-sensitive mortality improves apparent performance of some hospitals treating a large number of nonwhite, Hispanic, or poor patients.

25 Aug 2018

Chagas disease causes chronic heart disease and has spread outside of Latin America

Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one third of those infected.

20 Aug 2018

Doctors reckon with high rate of suicide in their ranks

Alarms go off so frequently in emergency rooms, doctors barely notice. And then a colleague is wheeled in on a gurney, clinging to life, and that alarm becomes a deafening wake-up call.

3 Aug 2018

Overweight and ageing scuba divers at risk of cardiac arrest

Middle-aged and older individuals are increasingly taking up scuba diving as a hobby. However statistics show that many in this age grouping are having heart attacks underwater.

27 Jul 2018

New clinical trial examines use of adrenaline to treat cardiac arrests

A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive - but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest.

19 Jul 2018

Study identifies new genes linked to heart function and development

A new study from an international research team, led by Dr Yalda Jamshidi at St George's, University of London, has identified new genes associated with heart function and development.

17 Jul 2018

Hartsfield-Jackson airport installs 285 new Cardiac Science G5 AEDs

To further the effort of making Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson “the safest airport in the world” for cardiac events, officials announced that the airport has completed installation of 285 new Cardiac Science G5 AEDs—one every 75 feet—in every terminal.

5 Jul 2018

Cardiac Science provides five Powerheart G5 AEDs to Cristo Rey Jesuit Atlanta High School

Cardiac Science announced its donation of five Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillators to furnish Cristo Rey Jesuit Atlanta High School’s new facilities at 222 Piedmont Avenue.

5 Jul 2018

Health Canada approves fully automatic Powerheart G5 AED

Cardiac Science, a leading global manufacturer of potentially life-saving automated external defibrillators, announced today that it has been granted approval by the Canadian regulatory agency, Health Canada, to begin marketing its fully automatic Powerheart G5 AED in Canada.

5 Jul 2018

Boston Public Schools to purchase Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AEDs

Cardiac Science announced today that the Boston Public Schools will purchase Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillators to update and expand the district’s AED program covering school buildings and school sports.

5 Jul 2018

School District of Philadelphia chooses Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED

Cardiac Science, a leading global manufacturer of potentially life-saving automated external defibrillators, today announced that the School District of Philadelphia completed its initiative to make AEDs available in all 220 schools in the system, choosing the Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED to meet this important goal.

5 Jul 2018

Study using i2b2 could help standardize artificial coma treatment for RSE patients

Status epilepticus, a dangerous condition in which epileptic seizures follow one another for a duration of five or more minutes without the victim's regaining consciousness between them, is the second most common neurological emergency in the United States, with a recorded maximum of around 150,000-plus cases per year.

30 Jun 2018

Are wearable defibrillators a suitable alternative to surgically implanted devices?

Wearable defibrillators may be a safe and effective alternative to surgically implanted devices among children with ventricular arrythmias that increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a new study.

26 Jun 2018

Novel app teaches users how to stop life-threatening bleeding and save lives

Knowing what to do to save a life in the aftermath of a mass trauma event -- natural disaster, vehicle accident, or violent attack – is now right at the touch of a button.

18 Jun 2018

New stimulation method increases hope for improving disorders of consciousness

To diagnose patients with severe brain injuries reliably, their state of consciousness has to be evaluated several times with suitable tools.

18 Jun 2018

That ‘living will’ you signed? At the ER, it could be open to interpretation.

"Don't resuscitate this patient; he has a living will," the nurse told Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, handing her a document.

14 Jun 2018

Another cause of doctor burnout: Being forced to give immigrants unequal care

One patient’s death changed the course of Dr. Lilia Cervantes’ career. The patient, Cervantes said, was a woman from Mexico with kidney failure who repeatedly visited the emergency room for more than three years. In that time, her heart had stopped more than once, and her ribs were fractured from CPR.

31 May 2018

Researchers analyze underlying electrophysiological indicators of brain hemorrhage

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have analyzed the underlying electrophysiological indicators of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the second most common type of brain hemorrhage that can lead to ischemic stroke within a matter of days.

29 May 2018