CPR
Examining recommendations for EMS treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac arrest related to epinephrine, compression depth and rate, and double sequential defibrillation
Articles, explainer video, online course and more resources introduce updated guidelines to EMTs, paramedics and EMS students
Our co-hosts discuss the new American Heart Association 2020 guidelines recently released in October
Dr. Gordon Ewy presents findings on the importance of bystander CPR and patient gasping at the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update 2015
James V. Maguire is remembered for his decades of public service as a Marine, EMT, police officer and paramedic
Mark Zielinski, 49, responded to a scene where a shopper was down in cardiac arrest requiring CPR
NYPD posted photos on Twitter of FDNY personnel and a police officer resuscitating a cat
The 32-year-old man struggled with police, who used a stun gun; then went into cardiac arrest
The 2015 ECC and CPR guidelines provide an evidence-based foundation for requesting grants to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
A Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium study comparing two CPR methods of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest found little difference in neurologically intact survival
EMS, though only one link in the chain of survival, can make a significant impact by delivering a viable patient to the hospital
Widespread CPR and AED training can be done for minimal cost and instruction time with this method
A bartender recently trained as EMT, a nurse and two medics intervened to save a man who went into cardiac arrest while at a restaurant
Newly diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, he made the video while recovering and awaiting heart surgery
AED-SOS, developed by Japanese researchers, shown to shorten time to AED delivery to simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
Toronto researchers found AEDs near out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are unavailable in one-fifth of incidents
Chest compression performance was measured six months after training
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest found little difference in neurologically intact survival
Survivors in Wake County EMS study had a witnessed arrest with a shockable rhythm and prehospital ROSC
Dead for 60 minutes, Bill Fisher regained a pulse after being shocked five times in ambulance and 20 at the hospital
This is the choice I made when a man was dying and the family couldn’t find the do-not-resuscitate paperwork
In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for medications, airway insertion and confirmation, defibrillation and post-arrest care
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Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson are critical of the new American Heart Association’s CPR and ECC guidelines
The 2015 guideline updates address compression rates and depth, AED use, body temperature and ‘pit-crew’ CPR for medics
Officers will also be trained in high-performance CPR
Follow these tips to improve patient outcomes in sudden cardiac arrest
Brody Channel was honoring his father who died in the line of duty last year; he pulled to the side of the road to help an officer perform CPR on an unresponsive 9-month-old girl
The Pa. firefighter and other wedding guests performed CPR on the aunt of his bride-to-be and used an AED purchased by the church just a week earlier
The man was working on a construction site when he suffered a cardiac arrest; the same co-worker helped him after three years from the previous arrest
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