resuscitation

A cardiac arrest is a deadly condition that can occur at any time to anybody. How can we save someone who's having a cardiac arrest? A man found it out easily, singing Bee Gees "stayin' alive" song and pressing the victim's chest at rhythm.…

The Canadian Syncope Risk Score was studied to understand if syncope is about to occur. It is a questionnaire which has been projected by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and will be published on the Canadian Medical Association…

Expanding the first link in the chain of survival – Experiences from dispatcher referral of callers to AED locations

CrowsRx, the primary medical services provider to the iconic Burning Man event is recruiting rescuers for 2016 event edition.

There is a need for randomised trials to evaluate the effect of mechanical chest compression devices on survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest.

A successful CPR story: this was contributed by Dr. Johanna Moore, one of my Hennepin Colleagues who researches CPR, along with Keith Lurie and Demetris Yannopoulos. She translated her research knowledge into a spectacular resuscitation.

Brandon Oto promoted The First EMS What-if-We’re-Wrong-a-Thon last year, but I was taking a break from blogging at the time, so I did not participate. The idea is to consider a position from the perspective of being wrong. This is the…

This post was originally posted on PHARM MED Dave Seel, Paramedic, MD Medical Rescue Ltd, 17 years in NHS (Merseyside) front line 999 ambulance, subsequently 9 years specializing in Industrial Medicine and Rescue in the Power Generation…

Auto Expo 2016, the most important Automotive exhibition for the Indian market, celebrate a formal opening of a new model line: Emergency Vehichles. It will be a revolution in the EMS asiatic standards?

The results of this meta-analysis show that CPR guided by EMS physicians is associated with improved rates of ROSC, hospital admission, and hospital discharge compared with CPR guided by paramedics in OOHCA patients Before citing those…