The Code Runner Pro mobile app launches today providing real-time, protocol guidelines to frontline clinicians responding to cardiac arrests and resuscitations in high-stakes scenarios. Using the ...

A new bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio House would require student athletes to have cardiac screenings before a sports season. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young ...

Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 ...

Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.

The data of a cohort of 8195 adults with OHCA treated by EMS clinicians in three counties in Northern California between 2015 and 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The primary outcome was survival ...

Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) fell during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black and Hispanic patients experiencing larger decreases in survival, according to ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. These are all cases of sudden cardiac arrest: when the heart ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) in airports were more often witnessed, involved an increased use of interventions before emergency medical service (EMS) arrival, showed higher rates of ...