PROVIDENCE, RI — Just as the site for the 2013 America’s Cup has been announced, a study from Rhode Island Hospital highlights that the sport isn’t always smooth sailing. The study was published recently in the journal Wilderness and Environmental…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System….
Cooling body temperature to levels consistent with hypothermia improves survival when induced after cardiac arrest and also promotes growth factors important for the brain’s recovery, suggests a study performed by researchers in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Preliminary results of their study were reported today at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) in Boston.