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cardiac Tag

08 Nov

Posted at 18:21h in Uncategorized

Sweden has found a faster way to treat people experiencing cardiac emergencies through a text message and a few thousand volunteers. A program called SMSlivräddare, (or SMSLifesaver) (link in Swedish) solicits people who’ve been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). When a Stockholm resident dials 112 for emergency services, a text message is sent to all volunteers within 500 meters of the person in need. The volunteer then arrives at the location within the crucial first minutes to perform lifesaving CPR. The odds for surviving cardiac arrest...

01 Oct

Posted at 23:48h in Uncategorized

A high resting heart rate proved to be a strong and independent predictor of cognitive decline within the next 4 years in a study of nearly 28,000 patients at high cardiovascular risk. The clinical implications of this finding, however, remain unclear, according to Dr. Darryl P. Leong. "What this study cannot answer, and which must be answered, is whether resting heart rate is just a marker of the risk of cognitive decline or whether it exists in the causal pathway. Further research...