A scheme offering live video support to 999 callers reporting a heart attack will be extended for another year. Since last ...
CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. more A Japanese study found that ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new ...
Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physio-Control, Inc., the world’s leading provider of professional emergency response solutions, announced today that the main results of the large randomized LINC ...
Deep chest compressions can crack ribs, but they reduce brain damage during cardiac arrest, reports a study presented today at ESC Congress 2020. Study author Dr. Irene Marco Clement of University ...
New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...
The keys to effective resuscitation in the hospital setting include effective compression and early defibrillation, a hospitalist told colleagues. She also urged them to consider mechanical piston ...