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The chain of survival: How a fire chief who suffered 2 sudden cardiac arrests beat the oddsA month after his son initiated CPR for his first SCA, Wayne Kewitsch suffered a second medical emergency whi …

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The Conversation That Can Change the Course of a Cardiac ArrestTelephone CPR saved my father-in-law’s life. Why don’t all 911 services provide that?The call came in at 7:42:02 p.m. on March 21, 2019.A …

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Suffering cardiac arrest in Chicago used to be a near-certain death sentence. But in just a few years, the survival rate tripled. What happened?Just outside Wrigley Field, 15-year-old Shira David knel …

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Improving Survival from Cardiac Arrest and TraumaImagine two dozen jumbo jets crashing every week, killing all aboard. Then you'd have an idea of the scope of cardiac arrest in America, a leading caus …

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COVID-19 patients survive in-hospital cardiac arrest at pre-pandemic ratesResuscitation and survival rates of hospitalized COVID-19 patients who've had cardiac arrest are much higher than earlier repo …

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The heart-stopping reality of cardiac arrestCardiac arrests are usually deadly, even when they happen in well-equipped, well-staffed hospitals. So researchers are trying to understand how best to help …

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