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Mashup Score: 3Omar Carter Foundation - 7 month(s) ago
Omar CarterUsing Omar’s miracle to his advantage, he founded the OC Foundation to raise awareness for sudden cardiac arrest. He turned his passion for helping others to actions and is making it his mission to prevent families from suffering this type of tragedy due to a lack of awareness, screening or access to immediate medical attention. The Charity focuses on the training of athletes and…
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Mashup Score: 1ACC Joins Smart Heart Sports Coalition to Advocate For SCA Legislation in PA - American College of Cardiology - 7 month(s) ago
As part of ongoing efforts to promote lifesaving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) legislation, the ACC Advocacy team, along with members of ACC’s Pennsylvania Chapter and partners from the National Football League’s Smart Heart Sports Coalition, met with state lawmakers and held a press conference in support of S.B. 375. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Rosemary Brown, would require Pennsylvania schools to: Establish a program to make at least one AED available in every school building, sports event or practice
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Researchers who monitored the brain waves of people undergoing CPR found that some survivors had positive memories and dreamlike sensations.
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Mashup Score: 5ARREST: Cardiac Arrest Center vs. Closest Emergency Department Following OHCA - American College of Cardiology - 8 month(s) ago
In adult patients without ST elevation, expedited transfer by ambulance to a cardiac arrest center following resuscitation from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) did not reduce deaths compared with transfer to the closest emergency department, based on findings from the ARREST trial presented at ESC Congress 2023 and simultaneously published in The Lancet. Researchers out of the UK randomly assigned 862 patients (32% women), who were resuscitated following OHCA and who did not show signs of
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Mashup Score: 2Bronny James' incident highlights the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in Black male athletes - 9 month(s) ago
The recent experiences of Bronny James and Damar Hamlin are bringing attention to the heightened risk of cardiac arrest Black men face when playing sports.
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Mashup Score: 0In An Emergency, Do You Know How To Use An AED? - 10 month(s) ago
If you witness someone in sudden cardiac arrest, your actions could save their life and mere minutes matter.
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Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine
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Mashup Score: 0Dispatching volunteers via mobile alert ups use of bystander CPR for cardiac arrest - 10 month(s) ago
Volunteer responders dispatched to assist people experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may improve rates of bystander CPR, automated external defibrillator use and 30-day survival, researchers reported.“We know that for patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, their chances of receiving CPR or defibrillation from a bystander are low and this severely
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Mashup Score: 0Activating Volunteer System Increases Bystander CPR, AED Use and Improves Survival - American College of Cardiology - 10 month(s) ago
Contact: Katie Glenn, kglenn@acc.org, WASHINGTON (Jul 10, 2023) – People suffering from sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) are used as soon as possible. However, in an out-of-hospital setting survival rates are low due to delays in care and low uptake of…
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Mashup Score: 3Athlete Awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Low - 11 month(s) ago
Furthermore, only half of athletes report receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
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