Pulseless electrical activity, or PEA, can cause cardiac arrest and occurs when any medical disorder causes severe hypotension during which the blood pressure drops critically low to the point ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest results in some 250,000 deaths annually in the United States and Canada. 1,2 Patients with pulseless electrical activity constitute 20 percent of victims of cardiac ...

In cardiac arrest, the speed and type of treatment can literally mean life or death in the immediate term, but can also affect health outcomes after successful resuscitation. During out-of ...

Japan-based study involving Osaka University finds valuable correlation between use of advanced airway management and ECG rhythms indicating need/non-need for defibrillation during out-of-hospital ...

ECG rhythm and airway management make all the difference during a heart attack Date: March 6, 2019 Source: Osaka University Summary: New research examined a large-scale national registry of ...

A new electrocardiogram (ECG) which makes use of signals from the ear and hand to check heart rhythm has been revealed at EHRA 2011 a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.