The county's new medical director, Dr. Ben Abo, led training and response changes that quadrupled the number of resuscitation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . EMS dispatcher and police response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest differed between agencies with majority ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a year-long study conducted in Dallas County, Texas, women who called 911 for suspected heart-related symptoms had a 52 percent greater likelihood of experiencing delays ...

A study reveals that seven practices by emergency medical service (EMS) agencies are associated with higher rates of favorable neurological survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.

MARTIN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - The Martin County EMS team is adopting a new set of protocols when responding to cardiac arrest calls. This comes more than a year after Martin General Hospital closed its ...

In Harrison and Hancock counties, our local out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate is higher than the national average. This is an important and encouraging metric in general, but significantly ...

Chicago-based CommonSpirit’s Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo., has implemented real-time EMS-to-hospital communication technology to streamline and enhance cardiovascular care. The program utilizes a ...

PLATTSMOUTH – Plattsmouth’s Emergency Medical Services department is continuing its efforts to provide the best possible care for the people it serves. “Our goal is to be the best EMS department in ...

(Reuters Health) - Whether you survive a cardiac arrest may depend, at least in part, on which emergency medical services agency shows up to treat you, a new study suggests. Researchers found a wide ...