Business Wire

Study Finds that Use of an Impedance Threshold Device Combined with High Quality CPR and Adherence to AHA Guidelines Increases Neurologically-Intact Survival Rate from In ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent study presented by Ken Thigpen, RRT (St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital; Jackson, Mississippi) at the 2013 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific ...
Medscape

Enrollment Halts in Randomized Trial of CPR for Out-of-Hospital Arrest

November 6, 2009 (Bethesda, Maryland) — A randomized trial comparing two durations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel prior to attempting ...
Medscape

Impedance Threshold Device May Improve Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Nov. 12, 2004 (New Orleans) -- Use of an investigational inspiratory impedance threshold device (ITD) -- ResQPod Circulatory Enhancer -- during standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was ...
Business Wire

First and Only CPR Device Indicated to Improve Survival from Cardiac Arrest Now Available Nationwide and Already Saving Lives

CHELMSFORD, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZOLL ® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that its new ResQCPR ™ ...
EurekAlert!

Using alternative CPR techinque for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent

A study published Online First and in an upcoming Lancet shows that active compression-decompression cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure should be ...
Medindia

Anoka County in National Study, Shows Survival to Hospital Discharge After Cardiac Arrest Doubles with Improved CPR and Impedance Threshold Device

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 6 Anoka County's Allina MedicalTransportation has participated in a seven-city study on the impact of new CPRtechniques, the results of which support the widespread use of the ...
MedPage Today

Automated Head-Raising Device Tied to Better CPR Results in Cardiac Arrest

A device that raises the head during CPR to improve blood circulation boosted the likelihood that patients in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) reached neurologically intact recovery, a researcher ...
Forbes

New Resuscitation Strategies Fail To Improve Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest

Two trials from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) investigators were unable to demonstrate meaningful improvements to resuscitation strategies after cardiac arrest. The two trials, one ...
Science Daily

New Study Doubles Survival To Hospital Discharge After Cardiac Arrest

A new seven-city study on the impact of new CPR techniques supports the widespread use of the American Heart Association's new 2005 CPR guidelines. Resuscitation science can seem esoteric to the ...
Medindia

Cypress Creek in National Study, Shows Survival To Hospital Discharge After Cardiac Arrest Doubles with Improved CPR and Impedance Threshold Device

CYPRESS CREEK, Texas, Nov. 6 Texas's Cypress Creek EMS hasparticipated in a seven-city study on the impact of new CPR techniques, theresults of which support the widespread use of the American ...
EurekAlert!

New study doubles survival to hospital discharge after cardiac arrest

A new seven-city study on the impact of new CPR techniques supports the widespread use of the American Heart Association’s new 2005 CPR guidelines, according to the study authors in a presentation at ...