INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...
Public videos of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests showed brief warning signs before collapse, frequent seizure-like movements or gasping afterwards, and a gap between quick recognition and starting ...
79-year-old Al Pollock suffered a heart attack during a tennis match in Boynton Beach, Florida. Tennis pro Brett Maynard, who had recently taken a CPR and AED refresher course, saved Pollock's life by ...
For confidential advice, call Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Support Line on 0333 150 3456 Alzheimer's Society's symptoms checker can help spot the signs of dementia After almost 40 years in nursing, ...
More than 10,000 school children are set to be trained how to carry out life-saving CPR using a defibrillator. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) staff will lead the training at almost 100 schools ...