Available literature suggests a need for both initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and refresher courses. The establishment of a pediatric chain of survival for victims of cardiopulmonary arrest is the focus of this technical report and is advocated in the accompanying policy statement. Immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for victims of cardiac arrest improves survival f...

BACKGROUND Despite advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the education of its providers, survival remains dismal for cancer patients suffering in-hospital cardiac arrest. In an effort to determine if characteristics of cardiac arrest would represent a useful parameter for prognostication and recommendations regarding the suitability of ongoing resuscitation for various groups, this revi...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular ejection fraction remains the primary risk stratification tool used in the selection of patients for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy. However, this solitary marker fails to identify a substantial portion of patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. In this study, we examined the incremental value of considering right ventricular ejection fraction fo...

BACKGROUND Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a congenital disorder accompanied by a high incidence of sudden cardiac death. beta-Adrenergic blockade is the therapy of choice, and it is successful in 75-80% of patients. For those in whom cardiac events (syncope or cardiac arrest) are not prevented by beta-blockade, experimental studies suggest that left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) may be use...

Introduction Brugada syndrome (BrS), an inherited ion channelopathy with an autosomal mode of inheritance, is associated with an increased risk of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and sudden death in the young. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is effective in terminating VF and preventing sudden cardiac arrest in high-risk BrS patients but does not prevent recurrences of VF. An electri...

The contribution by Pepe and colleagues provides additional evidence that initial defibrillation is not necessarily the optimal intervention for victims of cardiac arrest and especially when cardiac arrest has been untreated for more than 3 min. Precordial compression therefore remains the mainstay of basic life support cardiopulmonary resuscitation after sudden death. It is increasingly appare...

Ethics of data-driven innovation in the treatment and prevention sudden cardiac arrest ESCAPE-NET aims to discover inherited, acquired environmental causes (SCA) improve resuscitation for SCA. A shared database more than 100,000 SCA patients has been created less 10,000 DNA samples collected, with procedures data access by researchers outside project consortium. generated 90 peer-reviewed scien...

Although occurance of sudden and extensive hemorrhage is not a new subject, however due to high morbidity and mortality a high level of experience and expertise is required to control the situation.Single adrenaline injction that is fast and very potent has been used in order to maintain BP and help the use of blood saved in other parts of the body.Durring 1375 to 1381 a total of 8 patients wer...

Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States. The neurophysiological mechanism underlying sudden death is not well understood. Previously we have shown that the brain is highly stimulated in dying animals and that asphyxia-induced death could be delayed by blocking the intact brain-heart neuronal connection. These studies suggest that the autonomic nervous system plays...

PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to present findings of a literature review examining the use of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) for student athletes experiencing sudden cardiac arrest and variances in state legislation regarding the mandatory placement of AEDs in school gymnasiums and athletic fields. METHODS A broad search of computerized databases was conducted utilizing Pub...