The proportion of bystanders (as opposed to emergency medical services) performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on individuals experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has steadily ...

Black and Hispanic patients experience lower survival rates after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) than white patients. But ...

Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy was feasible for traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in a mature, physician-led, urban system and was associated with improved survival, particularly when performed ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in people experiencing a heart attack is a time-dependent medical emergency requiring immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In new research presented at ...

When a patient's heart stops in a hospital, healthcare professionals need to act quickly. "They immediately start cardiopulmonary resuscitation with breathing and chest compression, and connect to a ...