Cardiac arrest systems of care are successfully coordinating community, emergency medical
services, and hospital efforts to improve the process of care for patients who have had a …

Background Cardiac arrest survivorship refers to the lived experience of long‐term survivors
of cardiac arrest and the many postdischarge challenges they experience. We aimed to …

Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender
at any time in any location, often without warning. Cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of …

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of survivors of in‐hospital and out‐of‐hospital
cardiac arrest, and to correlate quality of life with clinically important parameters. Methods …

Overview More people can survive sudden cardiac arrest when a particular sequence of
events occurs as rapidly as possible. This sequence is 1) recognition of early warning signs …

Maximizing survival and minimizing disability are fundamental goals of patient care, but a
new Institute of Medicine (IOM) reportreleasedthismonth,“Strategiesto Improve Cardiac …

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults, yet it need not be fatal.
Though survival in most communities is very poor, a few communities achieve rates as high …

Survival after cardiac arrest requires an integrated system of people, training, equipment,
and organizations working together to achieve a common goal. Part 7 of the 2020 American …

Background Over 400,000 adults suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) each year in
North America. Despite a very high mortality rate, even 10% survival means that a minimum …

Aim of the study Advances in resuscitation science have resulted in a growing number of out-
of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors. However, we know very little about the natural …