AEDs: Life-Saving Devices You Can Use
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are an essential part of public safety, they can often be found in schools, businesses, community centers, churches, public spaces, and are carried by many first responders. Beyond knowing they exist, it’s important to know when to use them, and how to use them. An AED is a portable device that can be a lifesaver during a cardiac emergency. Designed to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), an AED analyzes the heart’s rhythm and, if necessary, delivers an electric shock to help...
Pig’s brain back to life an hour after animal had died in eerie experiment
A PIG'S brain has been brought back to life, with functioning activity, nearly an hour after the animal had died. The eerie experiment aims to figure out how doctors can restore brain function to a patient who has suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest stops blood flow from...
The warning signs for cardiac arrest
JOPLIN, Mo. — You’ve likely heard about the risk factors and warning signs for a heart attack, but when a patient reaches cardiac arrest, the situation is even more grave. “543 days later, I woke up in the hospital, and the first thing I looked at her, and I said, Well, what am I doing […]