DALLAS, Nov. 3, 2025 — Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child’s heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of survival, according to preliminary research to be ...

For most of history, a heart that stopped beating marked the practical end of life. Modern medicine has changed that. CPR can keep blood moving, defibrillators can restart certain heart rhythms, ...

When someone collapses in cardiac arrest, every minute without circulation dramatically lowers their chances of survival and ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in people experiencing a heart attack is a time-dependent medical emergency requiring immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In new research presented at ...

Each month, our three presenters review an interesting journal article in a conversational manner. These articles involve “hot topics” that affect family physicians or “bust” commonly held medical ...

A key concept in the successful treatment of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is the strategy known as the “chain of survival,” which emphasizes a system-of-care approach that includes ...

DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2021 — People who went into cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheterization lab were more likely to survive to hospital discharge than those who had a cardiac arrest in the intensive ...