Two decades of advancement in public health and community strategies regarding cardiac arrest response has paid off with more ...

The median deviation from ACLS protocol was 5 (IQR 3 - 8) in patients with shockable rhythms and 2 (IQR 1 – 5) in patients with non-shockable rhythms. The total number of ACLS deviations per cardiac ...

Orange County man reunites with first responders who saved his life Bill Horton, who survived a cardiac arrest, met the Orlando Firehouse 3 crew that saved him.

Coaches save high school football player from cardiac arrest after near-fatal hit Thanks to quick and effective CPR with a defibrillator, coaches were able to save Spencer Davis' life. Now the 16 ...

A balanced approach suggests 10 to 20 minutes of high-quality CPR, with 20 minutes recommended for shockable rhythms and 10 minutes recommended for non-shockable rhythms. The CPR duration before ECPR ...

Updated guidance reaffirms the recommendation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and highlights the importance of compressions with rescue breaths as a first step in responding to cardiac ...

After defibrillation, their rhythms returned to asystole. Conclusions: For OHCA patients treated with an AED, presenting in a non-shockable rhythm and later transitioning into a shockable rhythm is ...

Conclusions Most patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory OHCA due to shockable rhythms achieved an organized rhythm before PCI independent of coronary artery ...

Recently, more and more evidence has shown that reducing the interruption of chest compression to increase the duration of blood flow perfusion is the key to improve the successful rate of CPR. Many ...

Time-frequency domain features of chest compression (CC) artefacts, non-shockable (NShR) and shockable (ShR) rhythms were investigated. The aim was to provide reliable shock advisory analysis during ...