A smart-technology wearable wristband device may be able to automatically detect cardiac arrest, which could lead to faster medical assistance and increased survival odds when cardiac arrest occurs ...

Results from the RAPID-MIRACLE trial have found, for the first time, that the widely used MIRACLE 2 risk score can be applied outside a hospital setting to accurately predict brain injury following a ...

Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart's electrical system malfunctions without warning. The medical emergency can kill both ...

Predicting which patients suffer brain injury after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is challenging. The current standard of measuring neuron-specific enolase during hospital admission was compared ...

Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency where there's an abrupt loss of heart function and your heart is unable to pump blood. When the heart doesn't pump blood, it puts your organs and the whole body ...

A study led by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) provides new insights into ventricular fibrillation (VF), the most dangerous type of cardiac ...

Joel Negron keeps an automated external defibrillator in his car’s trunk. Just in case. As recreation commissioner in North Jersey, he schedules youth basketball games across Bergen County and can ...