Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

If you suffer cardiac arrest anywhere other than in a hospital, you have a 90% chance of dying. In 2022, more than 800 Gaston County residents died of the 900 who went into cardiac arrest while not in ...

Access to a defibrillator and the quick wits of a school nurse and security guard are being credited with saving the life of a substitute teacher who had a heart attack at Edison Preparatory School ...

The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Prayers for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin continue after his collapse and subsequent diagnosis of cardiac arrest. "In the case of this player, it sounds like they were able ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Centennial Medical Center is reviewing a Nov. 24 incident in which a fire erupted as staff members were using a defibrillator on a patient who later died, ABC affiliate ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness. It is caused by a problem in the heart that disrupts its normal rhythm. It is different from a heart ...

PHILADELPHIA − 2023 was the year of sudden cardiac arrest. Or, as many who study health and safety refer to it, the year of Damar Hamlin … and Bronny James. The NFL safety and University of Southern ...

High school sports coaches in Massachusetts are required to have basic first aid training, but seeing an NFL player collapse on the field two months ago convinced the coaches at one school to up their ...