PITTSBURGH — Typically, when paramedics get to a cardiac arrest patient their job is to stabilize and revive. Now, EMS in communities such as Shaler, Ross and the City of Pittsburgh are being told to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – You wouldn’t think you could live when both your heart and lungs are failing, but there is technology that makes it possible, and the first and only program of its kind in Central ...

The importance of learning CPR cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to responding to cardiac arrest situations. Dr.

Every year, thousands of lives are saved with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Yet, overall survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is approximately 10%, even in ...

If the person is lucky, medical help is close enough to get the heart beating again after it stops and before brain damage sets in, and the search for the hidden cause can begin. The less fortunate ...

At J&J MedTech’s annual patient summit in Danvers, Massachusetts, cardiac arrest survivors from across the country found strength in community. “This is not something that everybody goes through, so ...

I had just arrived for my morning shift in the Emergency Department (ED) when the charge nurse told me she needed me right away. EMS was bringing in a patient who was found unresponsive on a sidewalk ...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - Mere seconds from death, a St. Louis man who nearly died of cardiac arrest is now vowing to pay it forward two years later. Tony Meneses is a first-generation Filipino ...

Payer status, income and age all had an increased association with mortality for patients seeking treatment for cardiac arrest at emergency departments, according to a study published Sept. 20 in the ...