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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
💔⠀ Sudden cardiac arrest, also called sudden cardiac death, describes the sudden occurrence of fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Typically in people without any known heart condition. ⠀ ⠀ 💔⠀ Sudden cardiac arrest is known to occur more frequently in athletes, especially …
Abdelhak Nouri
It took them a year to admit that the medical care provided on the field was inadequate. The consequences for then 20-year old Abdelhak Nouri were catastrophic: two days after being resuscitated during a test match in 2017, neurologists declared …
Insufficient First Aid Awareness in Switzerland
Sadly, the story of the man who collapsed and died in a Valora kiosk at a train station in Switzerland is just the top of the iceberg. Marcel Schättin of the Interverband Rettungswesen summaries what I’ve noticed here very often: …
First Aiders Hesitant to Resuscitate
According to a recent publication of the German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin DGAI), only one third of by-standers dare to start CPR on a person in cardiac arrest. And those numbers …
A Breathtaking Picnic App
Today I want to introduce an app for your children: it was developed for the Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC), a non-profit scientific association. For many years, the IRC has been promoting the importance of CPR in cardiorespiratory emergencies. One of …
CPR Training Required for High School Graduation
I “met” Lindsay Davis on Twitter when interacting with fellow medical professional discussing sudden cardiac arrest. Lindsay is a former Miss Ohio and was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age 17 following several episodes of collapsing when training for what …
Women Less Likely to Receive CPR
We are involved in an interesting discussion on Twitter today and just have to share it. According to a study published by the European Society of Cardiology in March this year, women less likely to receive basic life support for …
Hollywood Style Resuscitation – Myths & Mistakes
After a long course yesterday, I decided I deserved a relaxing evening in front of our new TV. I was channel hopping when my attention was grabbed by a hospital scene: there it was, another in-hospital resuscitation scene. I heard …
Automated External Defibrillators Talk To You
You can’t do anything wrong. The defibrillator’s voice is loud and clear and gives the group of students listening step by steps instructions what to do. The students hesitate but when the intructor reassures them, one of students presses the …