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08 Apr

Posted at 00:24h in Uncategorized

The Memphis Fire Department is installing new hands-free CPR compression machines in all ambulances after a successful trial period. Fire officials say the department is among the first big-city agencies to install the device, called a Lucas 2, into every ambulance. The action comes after a trial run that began in October. Deputy Chief Gary Ludwig told The Commercial Appeal that Lucas 2 was used 166 times and revived 38 patients, giving it a success rate of 23 percent. That's a big...

23 Mar

Posted at 21:36h in News

The drinks, which often contain large amounts of caffeine and other stimulants like taurine, raise blood pressure and could raise the chance of having an irregular heartbeat, a panel of doctors concluded after looking at results from seven studies. The US doctors said the evidence energy drinks raised blood pressure was “convincing and concerning”. Specifically, they found energy drinks raised systolic blood pressure by 3.5 points. It also lengthened a phase of the heart’s electrical cycle called the ‘QT interval’. Having a...

20 Mar

Posted at 02:08h in Uncategorized

More should be done to improve the survival rate for the 200,000 adults and children who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest each year, the American Heart Association said. One problem is the assumption that the advances in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care directly apply to in-hospital arrests, "with no consideration given to the different causes and burden of comorbidities," according to an AHA consensus statement. It may be better for the science of resuscitation if in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest guidelines weren't "lumped"...