Cardiac arrest as the first symptom of coronary artery disease is not uncommon. Some of previously healthy people with sudden cardiac arrest may be saved by effective resuscitation and post-resuscitative therapy. The majority of cardiac arrest patients experience the cardiac arrest outside of the hospital, in which case early recognition of lifelessness, commencement of basic life support and e...

Background: Patients experiencing cardiac arrest outside medical facilities are at greater risk of death and might have negative outcomes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration affects survival such patients, which suggests that CPR may be vital to patient Objectives: The study aims evaluate the impact cardiopulmonary on patients who suffered out-of-hospital arrest.

Sudden cardiac arrest is the main manifestation of ischemic heart diseases, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Each year an estimated 300,000 people suffer from cardiac arrest in the United States, with a variable incidence ranging from 36/100,000 to 128/100,000. Approximately 7.9% of cardiac arrest victims survive to hospital discharge in the United States, whereas fewer than half ...

Terminology may drive our perceptions of activities and our actions in response to the events we see occurring around us. Is it time to take the P (pulmonary) out of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) when referring to witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA)? I was prompted to consider this when I was personally involved in resuscitation of an individual who suffered an out-of-hospita...

Genetic factors may influence outcome from cardiac arrest. In Seattle, WA, paramedics collected blood specimens from patients who had suffered cardiac arrest outside of a medical institution (out of hospital cardiac arrest). We examined associations between apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and outcome in 134 who died "in the field", 131 who died in the hospital, 198 patients who were discharged...

BACKGROUND Physiological abnormalities are often observed in patients prior to cardiac arrest. A modified early warning score (MEWS) system was introduced, which aims to detect early abnormalities by grading vital signs, and the present study investigated its usefulness. METHODS Based on previous reports, the Chubu Tokushukai Hospital-customized MEWS was developed in Okinawa, Japan. The MEWS ...

Deterioration to cardiac arrest is not always sudden and unexpected and on a significant number of occasions cardiac arrest could be prevented. This has important messages for the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department as the vast majority of emergency admissions originate via A&E.

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has attracted increasing attention over the past years because outcomes have improved impressively lately. The changes for neurological intact outcomes has been poor but several areas have achieved improving survival rates after adjusting their cardiac arrest care. The pre-hospital management is certainly key and decides whether a cardiac arrest patient can...

OBJECTIVES To report the characteristics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and their outcomes in the emirates of Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, and Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (collectively known as the Northern Emirates). Methods: This is a prospective descriptive cohort study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidents transported by the national ambulance cr...