Feb 6, 2017
Courtesy of Local News 3 - LANSING, Mich. – Children and adults in Michigan can be kept safer when schools are prepared to provide CPR and use a defibrillator in response to cardiac emergencies.
Feb 6, 2017
Courtesy of The Bulletin 225 - There has recently been a significant change in the way emergency medical responders in Connecticut treat patients suffering from cardiac arrest. The change comes as the result of new national recommendations on what produces the best outcomes for patients.
Feb 5, 2017
Courtesy of News Local - It’s the kind of training that 14-year-old Malcolm Greenbury hopes he’s never going to have to use. But the high school student knows that CPR training is a valuable knowledge.
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It’s the kind of training that 14-year-old Malcolm Greenbury hopes he’s never going to have to use.
But the high school student knows that CPR training is a valuable knowledge.
Feb 3, 2017
Courtesy of the Community Voice - Cardiac means heart and arrest means to stop. Any time you see that term “arrest” paired up with a body system it will refer to the system ceasing its function.
Feb 2, 2017
Courtesy of NBC Washington - Growing up, Starr Mirza was the picture of good health, but knew something wasn't right. Then, at 23 years old, Mirza went into cardiac arrest.
Feb 1, 2017
February is American Heart Month and to raise awareness, Premier Health is offering free heart screenings.
Feb 1, 2017
Courtesy of the Hutchinson Leader - The Glencoe Regional Health Services emergency department recently received a Physio-Control LUCAS 2 mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation device through a grant administered by the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care.
Feb 1, 2017
Courtesy of The Valley Breeze - It was just an ordinary Wednesday morning at Fore Court, until the unthinkable happened: While playing tennis with a group of friends, a member experienced sudden cardiac arrest, or SCA. He was clinically dead.
Feb 1, 2017
Courtesy of DailyMail.com - Kayla Linton of Baltimore, Maryland, went into cardiac arrest and died on Saturday after getting the flu last Tuesday, her mother said. She was only 17.
Jan 31, 2017
Though it's not February quite yet, the month is dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease – it’s a chance to get screened and learn what you can do to lower your risk of disease.
Jan 31, 2017
Courtesy of the Times Leader - You may have heard the terms “heart attack” and “cardiac arrest” used interchangeably, whether from a friend, your favorite medical drama or a movie. But they’re terms for two very different medical conditions that affect the heart.
Jan 30, 2017
Courtesy of the University of Kentucky - In 2015, identical twins Gardner and Jon Wes Adams, then in their mid-20s, both nearly died when their hearts suddenly stopped beating.
Jan 29, 2017
Courtesy of Nation News - FIVE-YEAR-OLD Naomi Alleyne, who has an abnormally fast heartbeat, will be undergoing corrective surgery in Florida tomorrow.
Jan 27, 2017
Courtesy of Superior Telegram - In a single school day, more than 300 Superior Middle School students learned hands-only CPR.
Jan 26, 2017
For one Colorado man, the power of social media helped him to locate the good Samaritans who saved his life during a Florida half-marathon almost two weeks ago.
Jan 25, 2017
Courtesy of American Family Physician - Each year, a number of children and adolescents die suddenly from cardiac problems that are associated with a small subgroup of disorders and high-risk behaviors. While sudden cardiac death in any child or adolescent is distressing, it can be particularly devastating when it occurs in a seemingly healthy young athlete.
Jan 25, 2017
Two hours before last Friday’s basketball games, Rancho Bernardo High’s head athletic trainer, Robbie Bowers, reviewed with his team its emergency protocols.
Jan 24, 2017
Courtesy of SecondsCount.org - When a young athlete dies on the field as a result of a heart condition no one ever imagined he or she had, it’s tragic for everyone involved.
Jan 24, 2017
Courtesy of recordonline.com - Heart disease, the leading cause of death in America, can be combatted by implementing a simple walking regimen, according to researchers at Binghamton University-State University of New York.
Jan 24, 2017
Even a fit and healthy professional athlete can suffer from sudden cardiac arrest—but a look at Olympic skater Paul Wylie’s story may help to shed some light on what you need to know about the latest advancements in implantable heart devices that protect against sudden cardiac arrest and treat other irregular heart rhythms.
