Chronic kidney disease may signal higher risk of cardiac arrest in Hispanic adults
Oct 11, 2023
Chronic kidney disease, heavy drinking, heart disease and stroke may be strong predictors of cardiac arrest among Hispanic adults, new research suggests.
Cardiac Arrest
Can you stop an overdose death? Updated guidelines may help
Sep 18, 2023
Guidelines for medical professionals who treat cardiac arrest caused by opioid overdoses and other poisonings include information everyone needs to know, the authors say.
Paging friends and family: Caregivers crucial to in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors
Sep 6, 2023
For survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest, friends and family members play an important, but challenging, caretaking role following hospital discharge, new research shows.
Her heart stopped during a procedure to treat her stroke
Aug 24, 2023
Six years after a pair of life-threatening events, Holly Page of Dublin, Ohio, is almost entirely healed.
His heart stopped while watching TV. His wife kept him alive.
Aug 16, 2023
Paramedics shocked Dave Ogle's heart seven times with an AED before it started beating. After a slow recovery, he has a new outlook on life.
Asian adults less likely to survive cardiac arrest despite same bystander CPR rate as white peers
Jul 26, 2023
Asian and white adults receive bystander CPR for cardiac arrest outside a hospital at similar rates, but it's not entirely clear why fewer Asians survive, according to a new analysis.
Teen with gene mutation gets rare heart operation
Jun 27, 2023
Anniston Fairbanks has a genetic mutation linked to abnormal heart rhythms. The 15-year-old recently had a rare operation to stabilize her heart.
12 days after learning about CPR and AEDs, an NFL coach used his knowledge to help save a 3-year-old
Jun 26, 2023
Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris teamed with an ER doctor to revive Wyatt Stanley after he nearly drowned in a Las Vegas swimming pool.
Teen had cardiac arrest in a snowstorm. Communities worked together to save his life.
Jun 12, 2023
Ethan Rutherford was 14 when his heart stopped during a snowstorm. It took cooperation across cities to get him to the hospital.
Fear and language barriers keep some Latino people from performing CPR
Jun 1, 2023
CPR can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest. Trainers are trying to overcome reluctance among some in the Latino community to learn the lifesaving skill and step in during an emergency.