Research indicates that non-shockable cardiac arrest is associated with higher mortality rates compared to cardiac arrest cases wherein shockable rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ...

Home automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) modestly improve survival in shockable cardiac arrests but are not currently cost-effective. Equipping all private homes with AEDs would cost over $4 ...

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $4,481,659 per quality-adjusted life-year for AED in a private home. (HealthDay News) — For patients with cardiac arrest and a shockable rhythm, automated ...

Following initial improvements in OHCA survival prior to 2011, survival rates have stabilized. IHCA survival improvements have been dramatic in the past decade. Women, older persons, and those with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Administration of epinephrine within 4 minutes after first automatic external defibrillator shock for ...

I heard from many nurses, doctors, EMTs, and paramedics who were grateful that I had brought attention to the difficult reality that CPR may often cause more harm than good. But I also heard from ...

Patients who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and are in a coma stand to gain better neurologic function by 90 days if they receive moderate therapeutic hypothermia, even if they present with ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avive Solutions, Inc (“Avive” or the “Company”), a developer of a next-generation Automated External Defibrillator (“AED”) and innovative cardiac arrest response ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...