cardiac arrest

Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) refers to the set of practices used in first aid for people who have suffered trauma and are in a state of shock, with injuries, in cases of polytrauma or unconsciousness

The Ambu ballon, from the acronym Auxiliary Manual Breathing Unit, is a self-expanding flask used to support respiratory activity. The acronym was created by the company that first put it on the market in 1956

In a patient presenting with an acute stroke, the radial pulse and arterial pressure of the 2 arms should be compared to look for a possible painless aortic dissection, which may occlude a carotid artery and cause a stroke

Angina pectoris is a disease that is largely identified with its main symptom; the term comes from the Latin and means pain in the chest

Palpitations make you feel like your heart is beating too hard or too fast, skipping a beat, or fluttering. You may notice heart palpitations in your chest, throat, or neck

Acebutolol is an antihypertensive beta-receptor blocker (also called 'beta-adrenergic blocker' or simply 'beta-blocker')

Heart and stroke patients: two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving

LUCAS Chest Compression: Cardiorespiratory arrest can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime. Every year in Europe, 17 to 53 out-of-hospital cardiorespiratory arrests (CRPs) are treated per 100,000 inhabitants

Using nanowires capable of acting as electrical bypasses to restore conduction in heart attacks. This is the basic idea behind research conducted by the team led by Michele Miragoli, Professor of Experimental and Applied Medical…

What is atrial fibrillation ablation? Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia characterised by rapid, non-rhythmic atrial activity, with loss of atrial contraction