Latest cardiopulmonary resuscitation Stories

NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning the simple steps of Hands-Only(TM) CPR -- and how to save lives -- is now even easier. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/50577-ad-council-hands-only-cpr Just go to www.handsonlycpr.org for a new digital application that walks you through the two steps of Hands-Only(TM) CPR: calling 9-1-1 and pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest until professional help arrives. You...

Co-Pay Relief Program Provides Direct Financial Support for Pharmaceutical Co-Payments to Insured Patients in Medical and Financial Need HAMPTON, Va., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life-threatening or debilitating diseases,...

Reducing the intervals between giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an electronic defibrillator shock after cardiac arrest significantly improves survival, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center emergency medicine doctors involved in an international study.Chest compressions applied within 10 seconds before the defibrillator shocks and within 20 seconds after the shock boosted survival chances by more than half compared to the rates for people who received chest compressions...

New American Red Cross survey shows majority of respondents more likely to give CPR without mouth-to-mouth contact.WASHINGTON, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of people say they would be more likely to perform CPR on someone if they did not need to have mouth-to-mouth contact such as through rescue breaths, according to an American Red Cross survey.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO)"Hands-Only CPR is an effective...

First analysis of national in-hospital cardiac arrest rate underscores need to identify preventable causes, implement best practices in resuscitation careMore than 200,000 people are treated for cardiac arrest in United States hospitals each year, a rate that may be on the rise. The findings are reported online this week in Critical Care Medicine in a University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine-led study.Though cardiac arrest is known to be a chief contributor to in-hospital...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- According to the American Heart Association, emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States treat nearly 300,000 cardiac arrest cases a year that occur outside the hospital. Less than eight percent survive. However a new study has discovered that a shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivers an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart drastically increases survival.The researchers found the odds of surviving until released from the hospital...

A shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivered an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart significantly increased survival, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.Researchers found the odds of surviving until hospital discharge were significantly lower for patients whose rescuers paused CPR for 20 seconds or more before delivering a shock (the pre-shock pause), and for patients whose rescuers paused CPR before and after...

American Heart Association works with Crowdrise.com to raise awareness and funding LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ken Jeong combines his comedic prowess with his medical training in a new Hands-Only CPR video from the American Heart Association that uses the disco hit "Stayin' Alive" to help people remember what to do in a sudden cardiac arrest. The video can be viewed at crowdrise.com/HandsOnlyCPR. "I may play insanely crazy and comedic characters on...

Swim centre personnel and lifeguards have higher stamina and carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation more effectively than personnel in the emergency healthcare services, even though they have undergone extreme exertion. Their life-saving efforts may be crucial while waiting for an ambulance. This is the conclusion of research carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy.Swim centre personnel and lifeguards are trained in, and regularly practice, rescue from water and cardiopulmonary resuscitation,...

PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation celebrates National CPR/AED Awareness Week by encouraging everyone to take two steps to help save a life. Get trained in CPR and AEDs ... Find a location near you at http://bit.ly/cpraedweek2011.Spread the word in your community ... Create a short video and share it to win at http://bit.ly/youcansavealifevideo2011 .The 'You Can Save a Life' Video Awareness Contest invites students, parents, teachers,...