Not all cardiac arrests can be treated with an electric shock. In fact, most of them—about 80%—are ineligible for defibrillation. With a survival rate of about 4%, these deaths continue to number ...

According to a large US cohort study, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes was associated with a 26% increase in survival in patients with cardiac arrest with shockable ...

A wrist-worn device automatically detected induced cardiac arrest with a high degree of accuracy among patients undergoing ...

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 ...

Danish medtech company Neurescue has gained a European CE mark for its catheter to address non-shockable cardiac arrest. The company’s catheter is used in conjunction with a handheld control unit to ...

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 ...

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $4,481,659 per quality-adjusted life-year for AED in a private home. (HealthDay News) — For patients with cardiac arrest and a shockable rhythm, automated ...

Home automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) modestly improve survival in shockable cardiac arrests but are not currently cost-effective. Equipping all private homes with AEDs would cost over $4 ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) in airports were more often witnessed, involved an increased use of interventions before emergency medical service (EMS) arrival, showed higher rates of ...