Almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating. People experiencing cardiac arrest will suddenly become unresponsive and either stop breath... Read more
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirt-like garment to deliver life-saving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. T... Read more
What if your heart stopped and a flying robot landed to shock you back to life before ambulances could arrive? A USA Today investigation a few years ago found that, of the 250,000 fatal card... Read more
The earlier heart attack patients are cooled down, the better Textile cooling pads may be used in future to prevent neurological damage after successful resuscitation following a heart attac... Read more
A single intravenous injection of a lipid-based gas-filled solution brought 15 minutes worth of life-saving oxygen to rabbits with completely blocked airways. PROBLEM: Patients who can... Read more
The primary goal is to create a complete and up-to-date map of AEDs in Philadelphia 325,000 Americans die each year of sudden cardiac arrest. Some of these deaths could be prevented t... Read more
Around three hundred thousand people in the U.S. are said to suffer sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) each year, so with survival rates standing at less than eight percent and brain death taking a... Read more