by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
Timeliness in response after a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is crucial. According to a Joint Commission report on SCA sponsored by Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St. Jude Medical corporations, about 295,000 people experience sudden cardiac arrest in the U.S. each...
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by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
If you’re going to have a heart attack, you might want to plant to have it in Seattle. Earlier this year we wrote about PulsePoint, a service that connects with local 911 emergency call networks to alert CPR-trained citizens nearby when someone has a sudden...
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by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a major killer in the U.S., accounting for approximately 325,000 deaths per year, or nearly 1,000 a day. SCA is not the same as a heart attack, although SCA may result from a heart attack. When such a cardiac event occurs response time...
by Bruce Brown | December 31, 2015 | General News, Health
[Image credit: IntelFreePress] While there are no universally accepted annual rates of cardiac arrest on the global level, one group estimates approximately 7 million incidents annually, with 50,000 in France alone. The latest (2015) American Heart Association...
