Every year, sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of over 2,000 children and teens in the U.S., according to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This accounts for about 3% to 5% of all ...

In cardiac arrest, death can result quickly if steps aren’t taken right away. “Cardiac arrest may be reversed if CPR is performed and a defibrillator shocks the heart and restores a normal ...

When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a football game Monday night after suffering a cardiac arrest ... Association offers online courses teaching CPR and how to use an AED ...

"Medically, I was gone," he told Fox News. Cardiac arrest — also known as sudden cardiac arrest — is the abrupt loss of heart function, resulting from a problem with the heart's electrical ...

Though more people are participating in long-distance-running events than ever before, a recent analysis found that the incidence of cardiac arrest among those running such races remains stable ...

I had experienced cardiac arrest in which a major artery supplying blood to my heart had suddenly become blocked and caused ventricular fibrillation, an arrhythmia that is typically fatal.

Texas history teacher Adam Compton owes his life to students who jumped into action after he went into cardiac arrest during an after-school club meeting, putting their quick thinking — and CPR ...

© 2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Black athletes are up to five times more likely than white ones to die from sudden cardiac arrest ...

Sudden cardiac arrest affects over 436,000 Americans annually, but only 65% of the population are CPR trained. This is an issue that University of Michigan students witnessed firsthand in August 2024.