March 10, 2017 — Zoll Medical Corp. announced that the company’s Hospital Wearable Defibrillator (HWD) has been granted ...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
This channel includes news and new technology innovations about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which is also called sudden cardiac death (SCD). SCA occured when the heart suddenly ceases all electrical activity needed to keep the heart beating. Read more about the the condition from the Heart Rhythm Society. It is estimated that more than 400,000 people in the U.S. have out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation by administering an electric shock to the heart to restore its rhythm to normal are the only treatments that have been shown to improve survival after a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is fatal in over 80 percent of cases.
November 9, 2016 — The recent, sudden death of a 13-year-old boy resulted in more than 20 relatives being incorrectly di ...
This video, provided by Zoll, demonstrates how cardiologists can explain sudden cardiac death to patients. It is ...
Pre-participation physical evaluations (PPEs) are a standard requirement for many school-aged athletes to participate in competitive sports. One purpose of the PPE is to check for any underlying cardiovascular abnormalities that could put an athlete at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which is the number one medical cause of death in young athletes.
Automated external defibrillators (AED) are portable and lightweight devices used to deliver an electric shock through ...
July 13, 2016 — Physicians may be drawing conclusions too soon about survival outcomes of patients who suffered a cardia ...
July 1, 2016 — Medic One Foundation and the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) announced in June the launch of PulsePoint, a ...
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes and its impact is consistent worldwide. Most professional athletes in the United States are required to take part in comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs to identify often-asymptomatic congenital or inherited heart disorders, and other cardiac risk factors. There remains a debate however, whether to mandate ECGs as part of pre-participation screening programs for student athletes at the collegiate and high school levels or even at younger ages.
June 21, 2016 — Zoll Medical Corp. announced that patients experience a high one-year survival rate following use of the ...
May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a non-invasive 3-D virtual heart ...
April 19, 2016 — Researchers have confirmed that certain heart rhythm medications, when given by paramedics to patients ...
March 21, 2016 — Researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have authored a study ...
February 22, 2016 — A new study found that survival rates from cardiac arrest decrease the higher up in a high-rise ...
December 22, 2015 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Zoll LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter ...
December 16, 2015 — Patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) have low survival rates—but why do some hospitals ...
December 8, 2015 — At Ahuja Medical Center, University Hospitals (UH) cardiologists recently implanted the Boston ...
October 21, 2015 — For the first time, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines issued by the American Heart ...