cardiac arrest

Drones have been used to deliver defibrillators for a number of years now: a study has been published in the European Heart Journal showing that they are not only qualified, but also faster and more effective than ambulances

The study conducted by Dr Fausto D'Agostino to assess the safety of BLS-D courses given during the COVID pandemic

Identifying the cause of a stroke or mini-stroke within 48 hours could help pinpoint the treatment to help prevent additional strokes, new guidelines say

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder may be more than three times as likely as those without it to have a stroke caused by a blood clot, particularly older adults, new research finds

Etymologically, bradycardia means low heart rate. Generally, bradycardia is defined as having less than 60 heartbeats per minute, but having this type of heart rate does not necessarily mean you have a heart problem

Silent heart attack: Also called silent ischemia or a silent myocardial infarction, it may present with minimal, unrecognized or no symptoms at all

Targeted hypothermia does not reduce the incidence of death at six months among comatose patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to a study published in the 17 June issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is a very serious type of heart attack during which one of the heart’s major arteries (one of the arteries that supplies oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the heart muscle) is blocked. ST-segment…

Heart failure is one of the most common cardiopathies in the over-65s. It is characterised by the inability of the heart to perform its pump function, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the rest of the body and "stagnation" of blood…

Holidays in Italy, a position of the IRC (Italian Resuscitation Council) turns the spotlight on safety, and more precisely on the presence and characteristics of Dae defibrillators on beaches and shelters