defibrillation

Mr. John Stewart has been a hospital nurse for more than 30 years, and is the author of the blog, No Heroics: In-hospital resuscitation. He is currently working at Providence Elderplace in Seattle. In his contribution on the Emergency…

KwaZulu Natal Emergency Medical Services (KZN EMS) is one of the three core functions within the Department of Health, which aims to provide a quality, efficient, professional and caring emergency medical and rescue service throughout the…

Article by Murthy T. and Hooda B. from the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia The guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have been in place for decades; but despite their international scope and periodic updates, there has been…

Every second counts in an emergency. Especially when the patient needs respiratory support, a quick reaction can save lives.  A completely new look at state-of-the-art ventilation comes with MEDUMAT Standard², the advanced development of…

Sabino Scolletta, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Per Nordberg, Katia Donadello, Jean-Louis Vincent and Maaret Castren Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles Department of Cardiology, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska…

Finally, an affordable manikin that you dont have to clean! The Basic Buddy™ CPR Manikin is a dramatic, inexpensive, and state-of-the-art manikin designed for teaching individuals or large groups the life-saving techniques of CPR. This…

"Your chest is too hairy for my AED". This could be the incredible reason under the dead of a men who suffered a cardiac arrest as he was travelling on a flight between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Mirror reported that an…

This article is contributed by Roy Joseph Mampilly who is based in India. (On Facebook and Indiamart) India, home to 1.2 Billion people, is the world’s tenth largest economy in dollars terms and expected to race to the third position…

From: Luiz T, Preisegger T, Rombach D, Madler C. - Deutsches Zentrum für Notfallmedizin & Informationstechnologie, DENIT, Fraunhofer  BACKGROUND -  Provision of medical care is an important element of safety precautions for visitors of…

(DAILY MAIL - EVE MCGOWAN) - More patients with potentially fatal heart conditions can now have internal defibrillators due to new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Nearly 6,000 patients with…