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Cardiac Arrest, Poor Survival Rates Common in Sickest Patients with COVID-19

September 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Cardiac Arrest, covid 19 and heart, COVID-19, COVID-19 mortality, CPR, Resuscitation

Study shows critically ill patients with the novel coronavirus have high rates of cardiac arrest and poor outcomes even after CPR, an effect most strongly seen in older patients.

Research Results

Bystander CPR Less Likely for People Living in Hispanic Neighborhoods Compared to Non-Hispanic Neighborhoods

January 2, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Penn Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

People living in predominately Hispanic neighborhoods are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to people living in non-Hispanic neighborhoods, researchers from Penn Medicine and the Duke University of School of Medicine reported in the journal Circulation. This same group also had a lower likelihood of survival.

Announcement

CPR training kiosk comes to UChicago Medicine’s Center for Care and Discovery

October 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Heart Attack, University of Chicago Medicine

The University of Chicago Medicine, in partnership with the American Heart Association, has installed a hands-only CPR kiosk in the Center for Care and Discovery. It’s one of three in Chicago.