News tagged with arrest care

Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coronary angiography may improve outcomes for cardiac arrest patients

People who suffer cardiac arrests and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the procedure, according to a study by University ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chances of surviving cardiac arrest depend on where patients are treated

Efforts to fight the toll of cardiac arrest have typically focused on pre-hospital factors -- bystander CPR education and improvement, public defibrillation programs, and quicker EMS response. But new research from the University ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0