Posted by The Atlantic - BRIAN ANDERSON FEBRUARY 26, 2021 on Apr 26th 2021
Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog
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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Posted by Chicago Tribune By JOHN KEILMAN AUG 23, 2019 AT 6:15 AM on Feb 21st 2021
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?
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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Posted by Washington School of Public Health WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 on Feb 19th 2021
Improving Survival from Cardiac Arrest and Trauma
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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Posted by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine November 20, 2020 on Feb 15th 2021
COVID-19 patients survive in-hospital cardiac arrest at pre-pandemic rates
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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Posted by MOSAIC - By Charlotte Huff 14 min 13 AUG 2019 on Feb 1st 2021
The heart-stopping reality of cardiac arrest
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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Posted by EHS Today February 28, 2018 on Dec 28th 2020
Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Higher with AED Use
Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Higher with AED UseMore than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that occur in the United States each year and more than 100,000 happen outside the home.An internatio
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