Hands-only CPR (CPR without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), may not be the best method for rural or remote areas or for anyone who has to wait more than a few minutes for an ambulance, a new study suggests. New guidelines released by the American Heart Association in 2010 permit the use of...
Two young boys have basically earned the title "awesome for life" after saving a baby's life on Monday. When Susanna Rohm saw that her 2-month-old son Isaiah had suddenly stopped breathing, she panicked, as just about any parent would upon the realization that her child was at serious risk. More...
Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could increase the number of bystanders giving CPR and decrease deaths from cardiac arrest, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in its journal Circulation. Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac...
When somebody's heart stops, and they are away from a hospital in a public place, two or more bystanders who apply CPR or apply CPR and help are better than just one, researchers from Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, reported in the journal Resuscitation. The authors added...
If somebody's heart stops while out in the street, lay rescuers should now focus on CAB (Compressions-Airway-Breathing) and not ABC (Airway-Breathing-Compressions) anymore, says the American Heart Association in its new guidelines. When a person's heart stops there is still some oxygen in their...
On October 18th, the American Heart Association will release ECCU 2010 revised guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiac Care. We look forward to reviewing the guidelines. We understand that the guidelines focus on the sequence of techniques that occur during CPR and the use of chest...
There is a question that I don't know how to answer.
You went out running and when you returned you new roommate whom you just met was staggering, confused, sweating excessively, and shaking. What could be wrong? What would you do?
Any help out there?
Patients with terminal brain cancer who watched a brief video illustrating options for end-of-life care were significantly more likely to indicate a preference for comfort measures only than were patients who listened to a verbal description of treatment choices. Practically all those viewing...