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This One Symptom Could Warn of Cardiac Arrest in 24 Hours

Nine out of 10 people who experience sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting die—often within minutes. One reason ...

Shocktober Awareness: Would you know how to respond to sudden cardiac arrest?

According to the Red Cross, sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S., but a local initiative in ...

AEDs in houses improve outcomes for cardiac arrest with shockable rhythm

For patients with cardiac arrest and a shockable rhythm, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes improve ...

Kids need CPR more promptly than adults following cardiac arrest

Thousands of U.S. kids each year collapse from cardiac arrest and need CPR to save their lives. But CPR must start for them in half the time required for adults, according to results presented at the ...
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Cardiac arrest patient, 17, urges people to learn CPR

"The scary nature of cardiac arrest is that there really, really is no prior warning and you could be doing your day-to-day tasks and then it just happens." Benjamin Culff was 17 and working at a ...