Cardiac Arrest

Tasered Suicidal Porn Star 'Wanted To Be A Superhero'

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.19.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- More testing is required to determine the cause of death of adult film actor Marland Anderson, known professionally as Sledge Hammer, ...

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Could This Mixture Thwart Cardiac Arrest?

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

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* Mix of glucose, insulin, potassium cuts risk in half * Paramedics give treatment to heart attack patients By Susan Kel...

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What Can Fabrice Muamba's Cardiac Arrest Teach Us?

Ian Carey | Posted 05.26.2012

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Athletes leave the field because of injury all the time, but they don't normally do so while wearing oxygen masks and with medics frantically trying to get their hearts beating again. Looking at Fabrice Muamba's case, I'm left wondering if we are truly doing all we can to ensure our sports are as safe as they can be.

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'My Mom's Dying': 6-Year-Old Saves His Mom By Calling 911

Posted 02.15.2012

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Early on Jan. 19, Frankie Ford Jr. noticed something was wrong with his mom, Debbie. The mother of three was suffering a severe asthma attack in t...

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Student Brought Back To Life After Collapsing At School

Posted 01.08.2012

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As reported on KPAX News, a Montana High School student's heart failed last week. He was revived by staff at Columbia Falls High School. A similar...

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GOP Congressman Performs CPR, Saves Man's Life At Airport

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011

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Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) used CPR Tuesday morning to save the life of a man who collapsed in the Charlotte, North Carolina airport. The Daily Caller...

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Watch: Man Survived 96 Minutes Without A Heartbeat

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

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In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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Learn to Save a Loved One With CPR -- It's Not Rocket Science

Debra Bader | Posted 08.22.2011

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My advice to you: Learn Hands-Only CPR. It only takes a minute to learn how to help save someone's life. And it could be the life of the person you cherish most in the world.

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WATCH: This Man Survived After 96 Minutes With No Pulse

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.17.2011

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In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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What Happens When You (Almost) Die?

Posted 05.25.2011

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By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service Wanda Colie vividly remembers what she saw in 1984 when, at age 28, a condition that produced blood in ...

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Pizza Deliveryman Saves Man's Life

The Denver Channel | Dayle Cedars | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- A man in Lakewood is alive, thanks to a pizza deliveryman. "The pizza guy saved his life," said Kami Linn, the wife of George Li...

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Pizza Delivery Man Saves Life Of Customer Having A Heart Attack

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Ordering a pizza may have saved George Linn's life. Linn's wife said he had just gone into cardiac arrest Friday when the pizz...

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Boy Resuscitated After Cardiac Arrest At Bolder Boulder

Boulder Daily Camera | Josh Lindenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Medics are being credited with saving the life of a 13-year-old Bolder Boulder runner who went into cardiac arrest at the Folsom Field finish line Mon...

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You're Never Too Young For A Broken Heart, Nonprofit Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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Heart attacks kill nearly 300,000 people a year, according to the American Heart Association. Holly Morrell knows too much about what happens when h...

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Christmas Miracle Birth As Mother, Infant Resuscitated After Showing No Signs Of Life

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve when she stopped breathing, her life ...

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Have a Heart: Give the Gift of Life by Expanding CPR and AED Training Opportunities

Caroll H. Neubauer | Posted 11.17.2011

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At this time of the year, as we think about the gifts we can give to others, let's consider making a true gift from the heart by equipping them to give the greatest gift of all - the gift of life.

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Emergency Physicians Can Trust Their Judgment on Chest Pain Patients

Abhinav Chandra | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sometimes, emergency heart patients could be better served by staying at the hospital and having more tests rather than being treated and released or discharged.

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Michael Jackson's Death: Why Cardiac Arrest Is Deadlier Than Heart Attack

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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Iconic pop star Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Thursday at the age of 50. While details of his death have not yet been released...

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Why The Financial Crisis Might Break Your Heart

Health.com | Amy O'Connor | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you think the current economic crisis is hurting only your pocketbook, think again. Researchers say the decline of Wall Street, the mortgage crisis...

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Where Not To Have A Heart Attack

Newsweek | Annie Underwood | Posted 11.17.2011

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What are your chances of surviving cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting? In a word, remote. But some doctors are turning that around, boosting su...

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