POTPOURRI; Chances of surviving a cardiac arrest almost nil

Filipino Reporter;  February 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......02-05-2004 ONE'S chances of surviving a cardiac arrest or living without brain damage are...thousand Americans are stricken by a cardiac arrest, killing most victims. In Seattle and...than 40 percent of individuals survive cardiac arrest, whereas only 5 percent-10 percent...

Any aid is better than none; If someone suffers a cardiac arrest, help...

The Birmingham Post (England);  November 12, 2005 ;     654 words ......resuscitating people who have suffered a cardiac arrest. Apparently, many people are put off...people in Birmingham who suffered a cardiac arrest at home or outside a hospital, 988...by ten per cent every minute after a cardiac arrest. But the good news is that anyone can...

Management of patients with traumatic cardiac arrest. (adapted from the...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     427 words ......patients presenting with traumatic cardiac arrest and such attempts are often...the management of traumatic cardiac arrest. The investigators reviewed...245 patients who suffered a cardiac arrest either at the scene of the...

People with cardiac arrest more likely to die if admitted on weekend

The Hindustan Times;  April 17, 2008 ;     358 words ......the weekend after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are more likely to die than those admitted...percent of all hospital admissions for cardiac arrest to U.S. hospitals from 1990 to 2004. The analysis included 67,554 admissions. Cardiac arrest is when the heart slows or stops ...

CARDIAC ARREST A THREAT ON LINKS.(SPORTS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 9, 2000 ;     496 words ......again this year - somebody will suffer cardiac arrest. ''It's not an uncommon thing,'' Terasa...five most common public places for cardiac arrest to occur, according to the American...Nationally, the survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest sufferers is only 5 percent, but the...

SURVIVAL VARIES WIDELY AFTER EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR CARDIAC ARREST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......following news release: An analysis of cardiac arrest outcomes for people treated initially...of EMS treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, people in Iowa were slightly less...conducted the study to see whether cardiac arrest incidence and outcome differed across...

Earthquake Confirms Effects Of Stress in Cardiac Arrest

The Washington Post;  February 15, 1996 ;     436 words ......suspected that sudden stress can trigger cardiac arrest, and the Los Angeles earthquake two...times more people than usual died of cardiac arrest the day of the quake. Indeed, cardiac arrest was almost as big a cause of death as...

Prehospital management of cardiac arrest: How useful are vasopressor and...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......resuscitation protocols for patients suffering cardiac arrest have historically included cardiopulmonary...correct arrhythmias that occur during cardiac arrest has been part of prehospital efforts...evaluate the usefulness of these drugs in cardiac arrest. They found little clinical ...

Drug Shows Promise in Keeping Cardiac Arrest Patients Alive Until They...

PR Newswire;  November 12, 1997 ;     583 words ......PRNewswire/ -- A person who suffers cardiac arrest outside the hospital is in imminent...considerable promise in helping to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims. Dr. Peter Kudenchuk, associate...received all other standard treatments for cardiac arrest. Among people in whom ...

Rep. Issa Introduces Resolution Supporting Goals, Ideals of Sudden Cardiac...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 12, 2007 ;     528 words ......supporting the goals and ideals of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day." The resolution was...648Supporting the goals and ideals of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day. Whereas nationwide more...Americans die each year from sudden cardiac arrest, which amounts to 900 people per day...

Deaths from cardiac arrest up among young; Up 10% for men: Rate surged 32%...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 2, 2001 ;     563 words ......ANTONIO (AP) - The death rate from cardiac arrest rose surprisingly among young American...women, federal officials said Thursday. Cardiac arrest is still rare for those younger than...which can be a powerful trigger of cardiac arrest. Doctors from the Centers for Disease...

CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL:ROBERT ADAMS, ESQ.

Congressional Testimony;  May 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Morning, my name is Bob Adams and I am a cardiac arrest survivor. I would like to thank the Subcommittee...any history of heart disease, I went into cardiac arrest the day before a holiday weekend, in a...sized, easy-to-use device that analyses cardiac arrest victims' heart rhythms ...

University of Pittsburgh Researchers Find a Marker for Blood Clotting in...

PR Newswire;  October 8, 2002 ;     528 words ......patient's heart stops and goes into cardiac arrest, the patient's blood begins to clot...begins as early as six minutes after cardiac arrest and may hamper resuscitation efforts...clotting occurs in patients who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital. Using blood samples...

Pilot Study by Medical College of Wisconsin Researchers in Milwaukee Shows...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of the promising new treatments for cardiac arrest and severe traumatic injury that will...while CPR is being performed because of cardiac arrest. The device creates a small amount...short-term survival in patients with a cardiac arrest heart rhythm called pulseless electrical...

Depression linked to increased risk of cardiac arrest.

Clinical Psychiatry News;  March 1, 2006 ;     312 words ......depression are at nearly twice the risk for cardiac arrest as those who are not depressed, independently...a dose effect in which the risk of cardiac arrest rises as the severity of depression...physician-diagnosed depression and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using data from a large ...