CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain lungs and other organs -- and it is a ...
The American Heart Association will hold a class on health care, basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation/automated external defibrillator on Nov. 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Conneaut Lake ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Every year, more than 350,000 people in the U.S. suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital. Only one in 10 survive. But CPR can help change those numbers. The American Heart ...
While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare—about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S.—the survival rate when it happens outside of a hospital is estimated to be under 20%.