The Code Runner Pro mobile app launches today providing real-time, protocol guidelines to frontline clinicians responding to cardiac arrests and resuscitations in high-stakes scenarios. Using the ...

Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 ...

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...

If the person is lucky, medical help is close enough to get the heart beating again after it stops and before brain damage sets in, and the search for the hidden cause can begin. The less fortunate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. These are all cases of sudden cardiac arrest: when the heart ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) in airports were more often witnessed, involved an increased use of interventions before emergency medical service (EMS) arrival, showed higher rates of ...

Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) fell during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black and Hispanic patients experiencing larger decreases in survival, according to ...

An apparently healthy young woman going through a typical day of university classes in Italy collapses suddenly. For many people, this medical emergency would end in tragedy. But in this case, the ...

Share on Pinterest A new study has found 56 lifestyle factors that could help prevent most cases of sudden cardiac arrest, according to the authors. Image credit: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images. Sudden ...