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Cardiac Arrest Drug Administration Route a Toss Up

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Intraosseous vascular access for the administration of epinephrine during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest wasn't better than going for the veins first, two separate randomized trials showed. In the PARAMEDIC-3 trial conducted.

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Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after cardiac arrest may protect brain function

Science Daily - Heart Disease

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of survival and brain protection, according to an analysis of nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in the U.S.

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Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after cardiac arrest may protect brain function

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to. This news release contains updated information and data not included in the abstract.

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Cardiac arrest survival improved since COVID-19 pandemic waned, still lower than prior years

American Heart News - Heart News

survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests fell significantly at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and only slightly. This news release contains updated information and data not included in the abstract. Research Highlights: U.S.

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New approach to defibrillation may improve cardiac arrest outcomes

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete recovery and putting him among fewer than one in 10 people nationwide who survive cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. Joshua Lupton, M.D.,

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The Way to a Patient’s Heart — Vascular Access in Cardiac Arrest

The New England Journal of Medicine

Yet, overall survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is approximately 10%, even in well-performing emergency medical systems. The interventions that are undertaken at the scene of a cardiac arrest are the most likely interventions to improve outcomes: early.

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Anemia Increases Cardiac Arrest, Stroke Risk in COVID-19 Admissions

HCPLive

Moderate to severe anemia was linked to an increase in cardiac arrest or stroke compared with normal hemoglobin levels in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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