Pages tagged with Cardiac Arrest

Has eating red meat received a bad rap over the years? Is eating red meat really as bad for us as some of the health gurus would like us to believe it is is? Can we link red meat consumption to cardiac disease and cancer? Unfortunately this is one of those cases where there are no qui...

Arrested blood circulation prevents delivery of oxygen to the body. Lack of oxygen to the brain causes loss of consciousness, which then results in abnormal or absent breathing. If heart arrest goes untreated for more than five minutes, it will result brain injury and may lead to deat...

Many people usually interchange the terms cardiac arrest and heart attack but both these terms are entirely different.

The death of Tony Curtis was announced yesterday, one of Hollywood's true greats. Here is my small tribute to him.

It was nothing less than a Miracle for all who hoped that it will happen one day or the other. Finally the time had come and the billions who hoped and wished for this day will remember this milestone. In fact it is history in the making.

In our city the emergency runs out numbers fire calls. When a call comes in for a cardiac arrest I can help but think on my way to the callers address will I be able to help this person stay alive. When it comes to survival rates for people who are in cardiac arrest it is hard to tell...

When it comes to survival rates for people who are in cardiac arrest it is hard to tell who will survive and who will not no matter how good I do my job. The survival rate is much better if someone witnessed the cardiac arrest and calls 911 immediately and the person has a shock-abl...