In simulated out-of-hospital arrests, drones carrying an automated external defibrillator arrived sooner than EMS, reducing response time by about 16 minutes, reports a study in JAMA. In a…
Editor’s note: Griffin and Patterson share their experience with low-dose, high frequency CPR training. Paula Patterson: I had been a nurse for more than 40 years when I had—for…
According to Sawyer and colleagues, only 11% of patients who experience a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) outside of the hospital will survive to discharge. When it occurs in…
In unconscious patients who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, cooling to 33 degrees C was no more beneficial than 36 degrees C, according to a study in The…
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