City cuts cardiac arrest fatalities High-tech equipment ups victims'...

The Boston Globe;  October 8, 1996 ;     517 words ......Bostonians to survive cardiac arrest. He is still alive...devices and training Emergency Medical Services teams and...which people survive cardiac arrest, according to a study...to the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. In Seattle...ranking, 34 percent of ...

INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF UPPER BODY CYANOSIS IN NONTRAUMATIC CARDIAC...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......nontraumatic cardiac arrest. Methods. This...County, Washington emergency medical system (EMS...Conclusion. Cardiac arrest with upper chest...arrest; cyanosis; emergency medical services; emergency...outcome from cardiac arrest, other than ...

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Epidemiology in Singapore (CARE I study)

Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Singapore, the emergency medical services (EMS...phase I of the Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation...Key words: cardiac arrest; resuscitation; emergency medical services; survival...the reported cardiac ...

SURVIVAL VARIES WIDELY AFTER EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR CARDIAC ARREST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......release: An analysis of cardiac arrest outcomes for people treated...initially out-of-hospital by emergency medical services (EMS) in 10 areas...treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, people in Iowa were slightly...were assessed by organized emergency medical ...

SURVIVING CARDIAC ARREST: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     420 words ......analysis of emergency medical services-treated cardiac arrest outcomes...witnessed cardiac arrest and a shockable...percent after emergency medical services...determine whether cardiac arrest incidence...organized emergency medical services...

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-LED STUDY FINDS WIDE VARIABILITY IN SURVIVAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 23, 2008 ;     662 words ......analysis of emergency medical services-treated cardiac arrest outcomes...incidents of cardiac arrest called into...organized emergency medical services...patients with cardiac arrest, who were treated by emergency medical technicians...

CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL:RICHARD A. LAZAR

Congressional Testimony;  May 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ......In Support of Cardiac Arrest Survival Act...support of the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act...career in the emergency medical services (EMS...victims of sudden cardiac arrest. I then served...Deployment, Journal of Emergency Medical Services - Special...save ...

Survival Rates Low for Cardiac Arrest Victims; In Study of Urban Areas,...

The Washington Post;  March 29, 1994 ;     700+ words ......percent survive a cardiac arrest that occurs...virtually nil. For a cardiac arrest victim to have...those cases of cardiac arrest in New York...research. In a cardiac arrest, the heart stops...fibrillation. Cardiac arrest is not the same...attack can cause ...

WAKE CELEBRATES NATIONAL EMS WEEK, ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CARDIAC ARREST CARE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 20, 2008 ;     527 words ......Wake County Emergency Medical System (EMS...strides in cardiac arrest care. Recently...efforts of the emergency medical care system...of our 911 Emergency Medical Dispatchers...successful cardiac arrest resuscitation...

HHS Funds Will Boost Survival Rates Among Rural Cardiac Arrest Victims

U.S. Newswire;  April 20, 2001 ;     304 words ......support rural Emergency Medical Services activities...the heart of cardiac arrest victims back...responding to cardiac arrest, since a victim...the hands of emergency medical technicians...from sudden cardiac arrest each year...collaboration with State ...

BIPHASIC DEFIBRILLATION DOES NOT IMPROVE OUTCOMES COMPARED TO MONOPHASIC...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Key words: cardiac arrest; defibrillation; emergency medical services...hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) ventricular...manufacturers, and emergency medical service...hospital cardiac arrest victims who...hospital emergency medical services...

HHS FUNDS WILL BOOST SURVIVAL RATES AMONG RURAL CARDIAC ARREST VICTIMS...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 20, 2001 ;     319 words ......support rural Emergency Medical Services activities...the heart of cardiac arrest victims back...responding to cardiac arrest, since a victim...the hands of emergency medical technicians...from sudden cardiac arrest each year. These...collaboration with ...

PREHOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN A PARAMEDIC FIRST-RESPONDER SYSTEM USING THE...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......found to have cardiac arrest and to evaluate...survival after cardiac arrest in a paramedic...out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the city...found to be in cardiac arrest, 14.3% were...with basic emergency medical technician...Key words: cardiac ...

TIME TO INTUBATION AND SURVIVAL IN PREHOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST

Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......prehospital cardiac arrest. Methods...prehospital cardiac arrest in King County...cardiac rhythm, emergency medical technician...prehospital cardiac arrest. Future prospective...PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE 2004;8:394-399 Sudden cardiac arrest ...

Jump-starting the heart. (defibrillation)(includes related article on...

Saturday Evening Post;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......is the only means of reviving cardiac-arrest victims whose hearts have gone...United States yearly after sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation...survival (see chart, page 60) for cardiac-arrest victims. If started early, CPR...defibrillation. Unfortunately, ...