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Abstract   Background: The HEARTSafe Communities program promotes community efforts to improve systems for treating sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The study hypothesis was that the rates

Abstract Sudden cardiac events during sports competition are rare but tragic occurrences that require a timely, comprehensive response by well-prepared athletic trainers and medical providers.

Abstract   Objective: To evaluate the provision of bystander interventions and rates of survival after exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Design: Systematic review. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed,

Abstract Billions of travelers pass through airports around the world every year. Airports are a relatively common location for sudden cardiac arrest when compared with

Background: Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals remain unclear. We provide contemporary nationwide estimates

Purpose of review: Sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death are less common in children and adolescents than in the adult population. The outcomes from sudden

Background: ECG-monitoring is a strong predictor for 30-days survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). The aim of the study is to investigate factors influencing the

Aims: To describe and explore predictors of bystander defibrillation in Ireland during the period 2012 to 2020. To examine the relationship between bystander defibrillation and health

The increased use of the automated external defibrillator (AED) contributes to the rising survival rate after sudden cardiac arrest in the Netherlands. When used, the

Added to chest compressions, automated and semi-automated defibrillators are virtually the only treatment capable of reducing cardiac arrest mortality. Over the past decades, these devices