Joshua Lupton, M.D., has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are crucial life-saving techniques that can greatly influence survival rates during emergencies involving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The ...

Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen significantly over the past two decades, even as overall incidence rates remain stable, according to a major new study from King County, Washington. The ...

OBJECTIVETo determine the use of epinephrine (adrenaline) before defibrillation for treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest due to a ventricular arrhythmia and examine its association with patient ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...

INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

In the critical minutes following a cardiac arrest, bystander assistance can mean the difference between death and survival.

The overall survival rate of athletes who suffer sudden cardiac arrest has improved over the past decade, but the likelihood of surviving varies by race, where the cardiac arrest occurred and what ...

'You Quiz on the Block' comedian Kim Su-yong mixed gratitude and humor about miraculously surviving a myocardial infarction. On the 10th episode of tvN's 'You Quiz on the Block' (hereafter 'You Quiz') ...