Physicians working in emergency room (ER) or intensive care unit (ICU) settings face many cardiac emergencies such as cardiopulmonary arrest, shock, arrhythmia, cyanotic spell, cyanosis in neonates, and congestive heart failure. Structural congenital heart diseases (CHDs) require often emergent ...
When you learn how to manage your anxiety, you’ll be able to improve your self-esteem, which can help you have the confidence to believe in yourself once again. This can improve your mood, as well as the way you perceive yourself. Keep in mind that people have the tendency to treat ...
Medical trainees feel underprepared to stabilize patients experiencing deteriorating vital signs, yet few teaching interventions focus on responding to a deteriorating patient before cardiac arrest occurs. The present study examines the Deteriorating Patient Activity, a simulation training opportunity designed to...
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Firefighters’ Immediate Response to Cardiac Arrest CPR forms the backbone of a firefighter’s immediate response to cardiac emergencies. Acting as the first line of defense in such crises, it’s a skill that can often mean the difference between life and death...
Dr. Robert C. Robinsonsaid, “In turn we have higher instances of death as it relates to heart disease.” NewsOne Now Dr. Karla Robinsonexplained that heart disease is very broad, “It can range from heart attacks. It can range from congestive heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest.” ...
If a match can be made, the surgery can begin. Once the donor's heart is confirmed to be healthy, the organ is immersed in an ice slush and injected with a solution to induce cardiac arrest. These treatments stop the heart from pumping to ensure it can be removed cleanly. Surgeons then...
Heart failure patients and caregivers must be supported to self-manage, including how to recognise symptoms and take appropriate action. Delivering PCC in such a way has the potential to improve outcomes for patients, enhance patients’ sense of agency and experiences of care, improve health equity...
Since it is critical to have rescuers at the scene of the cardiac arrest, there is a need to have willing volunteers or laypersons trained for such emergency cases. As a way of improving resuscitation outcomes statewide, nationwide, and worldwide, training of laypersons should be put in place...
5,15 ACS should be suspected in any pregnant or postpartum patient presenting with new angina or dyspnea, elevation in cardiac biomarkers, severe arrhythmia, or cardiac arrest.15,54 It is well known that women with coronary events may present in an atypical fashion, so a broad Management The...
AED programs should be designed to respond as quickly as is reasonably possible to sudden cardiac arrest emergencies. Nothing in this brief suggests otherwise. That said, risk management is an important goal of AED ownership, and avoiding the 3-minute response time trap is one key to managing ...