Time is critical when someone’s heart stops – portable defibrillators could save more lives

In New Zealand, ambulance crews treat about seven people a day who are in cardiac arrest, meaning their heart is no longer ...

'No Significant Improvement' In Aotearoa Survival Rates Using Double Sequential Defibrillation, Study Shows

Research recently published in the journal Resuscitation has examined the effectiveness of Double Sequential Defibrillation (DSD) in cardiac arrest management across Aotearoa New Zealand, finding the ...
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Lives at risk: RCUK launches Check Your Defib Week to tackle unprepared devices

Defibrillators can save lives, but only if they are working. Early CPR and defibrillation can more than double survival rates ...
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An Introduction to Electrical Systems and their Importance to Cardiac Resuscitation and Biomedical Innovation

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 ...
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COVID-19 pandemic led to significant decline in cardiac arrest survival rates

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates dropped significantly at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have continued to remain lower than in the pre-pandemic years of 2015-2019, ...
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AMR Topeka reports cardiac arrest survival rate higher than national average

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - American Medical Response (AMR) Topeka reports the cardiac arrest survival rate is nearly two times higher than the national average. As the nation observes National Emergency ...