Sooner was not better when using ECG to determine candidates for urgent coronary angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to the PEACE study from Europe. The earlier the ECG ...

DALLAS, April 23 – A speedier “hands-off” transition from chest compressions to shocking with an automated external defibrillator (AED) may mean more people survive cardiac arrest, according to a ...

For patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), adding a vasopressor and steroid shortly after epinephrine improves return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), according to the randomized VAM-IHCA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A person’s chance of survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest decreases with CPR duration. The data could help ...

A person’s chance of surviving while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest in hospital declines rapidly from 22% after one minute to less than 1% after 39 minutes, finds a ...

Nearly a quarter of patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) survive to discharge if CPR quickly results in return to spontaneous circulation, Get With The Guidelines—Resuscitation ...

Administration of vasopressin and methylprednisolone to patients with inhospital cardiac arrest significantly improved return of spontaneous circulation, compared with placebo, new data show. In a ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further ...