Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops beating) interrupts circulation, causing brain cells to start dying in less than five minutes of the brain going without needed oxygen in the blood. The ...

Ischemic cardiomyopathy changes how the heart pumps blood because of muscle damage. Learn about the role of medication in ...

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.

Starting CPR within the first 10 minutes of someone having a cardiac arrest at home or in public may greatly improve their chances for survival and protect their brain function, according to new ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates dropped significantly at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have continued to remain lower than in the pre-pandemic years of 2015-2019 ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates dropped significantly at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have ...

It was 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when the call went over the staff radios at Kammerer Middle School. A student was in distress on ...

This page provides an overview of resources and tools developed by NHS England and other partners with the aim to improve cardiac arrest survival outcomes. It has been designed to help all ...

Two young men have been charged in the murder of their teenage cousin in a heartbreaking twist after his body was found wrapped in a blanket on the side of a Connecticut highway on Saturday ...

He added that his priorities were to fight antisemitism and to “arrest those people who did this.” Image The police and protesters clashed in the center of Amsterdam on Sunday.Credit ...