Latest cardiac arrest Stories
PITTSBURGH, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock for the Heart Foundation presents Heart Strings - featuring the North American premiere of Sir Paul McCartney's, NOVA, an orchestral adaptation composed by McCartney for his late wife, Linda, which will be performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Friday, September 7, 2012, 8 p.m., at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, to benefit pediatric cardiac research. "We are so honored Pittsburgh and its magnificent symphony will...
MOBILE, Ala., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 25, 2012, a Mobile, Alabama, state court jury returned a $15 million verdict against Springhill Memorial Hospital for the wrongful death of a 45-year-old married mother of three who walked into the hospital under her own power on November 7, 2008 for diagnostic work, and who later underwent successful cardiac bypass surgery that same morning. That evening, 24 minutes following the administration of an overdose of a powerful...
ATLANTA, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Depending on your perspective, disco may not be a highlight in America's history, but this Fourth of July Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) is asking everyone to revisit the bygone musical era for 60 seconds in order to learn how to save a life with the American Heart Association's Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR). HOCPR is CPR without rescue breathing - just chest compressions. When performed to the beat of the disco song "Stayin' Alive,"...
Parker Waichman is now advising that the FDA has issued a Class I Recall for GranuFlo and NaturaLyte Dialysis Products manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care. This FDA Action Follows Revelation that Over 900 Patients Suffered Cardiac Arrest at Fresenius Dialysis Clinics in 2010. According to the company, GranuFlo and NaturaLyte are Associated with Elevated Bicarbonate Levels, a Significant Risk Factor for Cardiac Arrest. New York, New York (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 Parker Waichman LLP, a...
The national law firm of Parker Waichman LLP is alerting the public to an internal memo by Fresenius Medical Care, which states that over 900 patients within their clinics suffered from cardiac arrest in 2010 alone. The memorandum also emphasizes elevated bicarbonate levels as a significant risk factor for such events, an issue that is linked to the dialysis products GranuFlo and NaturaLyte. (PRWEB) June 21, 2012 Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting victims...
HOUSTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- eCardio Diagnostics (www.ecardio.com), a leading provider of remote cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, was among eight corporate sponsors teaming up with the Heart Rhythm Society to raise the level of awareness for heart rhythm disorders, particularly Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120427/MM96586LOGO) The campaign launched in conjunction with the Heart Rhythm 2012 Scientific...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Every minute-and-a-half in the U.S., and every 45 seconds in Europe, a person dies as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest[1,2]- if you witnessed a cardiac arrest, what would you do? Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is today launching the Save Lives website (http://www.SaveLives.net), an online campaign to inform people across the world about sudden cardiac arrest and to empower them to act....
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 250,000 people in the U.S. die from sudden cardiac arrest every year. Now, a genetic variant in a cardiac protein could be linked to heart rhythm dysfunction. The gene identified by Vivek Singh, PhD, from the University of Cincinnati and colleagues is the first genetic variant in a calcium-binding protein found to be associated with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in dilated cardiomyopathy patients. Dialiated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which...
PHILADELPHIA, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act, establishing standards for preventing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and death in student athletes. It also requires the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop guidelines and educational materials, and to implement annual screenings for athletes. Coaches, athletic trainers and sports officials now must be...
Every single town in Australia has been rated on its proximity to cardiac care, before and after a heart attack, in a new report published in Circulation and headed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Associate Professor Robyn Clark, from QUT's School of Nursing, led a national research team for the seven-year multi-disciplinary project, entitled the Cardiac Accessibility and Remoteness Index for Australia (Cardiac ARIA), with funding from an Australian Research Council Linkage...
Latest cardiac arrest Reference Libraries
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure performed in an effort to preserve brain function and manually pump blood through to the body’s vital organs, until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous circulation. CPR is indicated in cardiac arrest patients, but may also be performed on patients with an unresponsive presentation or those experiencing agonal breaths or severe and prolonged arrhythmias such as bradycardia or tachycardia. The first...
The precordial thump is an application of mechanical energy through a calculated strike to the torso when in a specific fatal heart rhythm. This procedure is used in very specific circumstances by highly trained health professionals with ACLS certifications. The Procedure While in the presence of a patient that is suffering a potentially fatal heart rhythm, a medical provider can strike a calculated point on the sternum to disrupt that rhythm. The energy transferred by the provider is...
