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Study shows that an increase in bystander CPR in Denmark led to marked improvements in survival rates after cardiac arrest A nationwide effort in Denmark to increase the number of people trained in CPR led to an increase in bystander CPR and ultimately contributed to increased cardiac arrest survival rates in that country, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A free CPR "citizen responder" mobile phone application will help save lives through a new partnership between the San Jose Fire Department and El Camino Hospital. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-mobile-phone-app-to-help-save-lives-announced-by-san-jose-fire-department-and-el-camino-hospital-139262263.html The PulsePoint app enables members of the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Armada Health Care, LLC (Armada) and Definitive Homecare Solutions announced today a joint development and marketing agreement that will integrate Armada's service offerings within Definitive Homecare's CPR+ specialty pharmacy software. Armada is a leading group purchasing and channel management organization for specialty pharmacies, providing services such as web-based therapy management and prior authorization...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 380,000 Americans each year are assessed by EMS for sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart go awry and cause it to stop beating normally. Only 11 percent of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital setting survive. However, with the aid of 9-1-1 dispatchers, this could change. E. Brooke Lerner, Ph.D., lead author of the statement and associate professor of emergency medicine at the Medical...

Most cardiac events during races attributed to underlying heart disease, CPR can improve survival Participation in marathon and half-marathon races is at an all-time high, but numerous reports of race-related cardiac arrests have called the safety of this activity into question. A new study finds that participating in these races actually is associated with a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest, compared to other forms of athletics. An analysis of 10 years of data, appearing in the...

American Heart Association scientific statement More people will survive sudden cardiac arrest when 9-1-1 dispatchers help bystanders assess victims and begin CPR immediately, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. In the 2010 resuscitation guidelines, the association advised 9-1-1 dispatchers to help bystanders assess anyone who may have had a cardiac arrest and then direct them to begin...

About 300,000 Americans Each Year Experience Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's emergency physicians are encouraging everyone this holiday season to get Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training, saying this skill could be the greatest gift given to someone. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100616/DC22034LOGO-d) "When a person goes into cardiac arrest, the first few seconds and minutes are crucial...

Additional Funding to CPR Program Will Serve Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hepatitis C Patients in Need of Financial Assistance WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) is pleased to announce that it has received a $9.3 million contribution, from an existing partner, providing further support through its Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR) for patients suffering from...

Penn researchers' probe of social media discussion on cardiac arrest reveals new avenues for public health education Discussion about cardiac arrest on Twitter is common and represents a new opportunity to provide lifesaving information to the public, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The Penn investigators will present two studies (ReSS Abstracts #52 and #53) examining cardiac arrest-information exchange on the social media...