The survival rates of patients experiencing cardiac arrest may vary significantly based on which EMS agency gave initial treatment, with the odds of surviving to hospital discharge varying by over 50 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . EMS dispatcher and police response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest differed between agencies with majority ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, ...

Small changes to how EMS approaches airway management and ventilation can make big differences in OHCA outcomes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Differences in emergency medical service agency resuscitation practices may partly account for widely varying ...

A study reveals that seven practices by emergency medical service (EMS) agencies are associated with higher rates of favorable neurological survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Early advanced life support measures and improved procedures have boosted survival following "out-of-hospital" cardiac arrest, according to a study conducted in Japan and ...

In Harrison and Hancock counties, our local out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate is higher than the national average. This is an important and encouraging metric in general, but significantly ...

EMS workers and hospitals are bombarded with coronavirus patients. Cardiac patients who cannot be revived at home must be declared dead, according to jarring new orders given to EMS teams in New York.

PLATTSMOUTH – Plattsmouth’s Emergency Medical Services department is continuing its efforts to provide the best possible care for the people it serves. “Our goal is to be the best EMS department in ...

Chicago-based CommonSpirit’s Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo., has implemented real-time EMS-to-hospital communication technology to streamline and enhance cardiovascular care. The program utilizes a ...

It takes a lot of training and the latest technology to keep alive a heart attack patient, local EMS official Mike Fitzgibbons says. "The first minutes (after a heart attack) are absolutely critical," ...