The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study tested the incremental effect on the rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of adding a program of advanced life support t ...

One "critically" important update is on temperature control, Writing Group Chair Jon C. Rittenberger, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ...

ECPR is an advanced form of cardiac emergency support used when traditional CPR is not enough to restart the heart.

M Health Fairview has expanded its emergency life-support program for cardiac arrests, flying a cardiologist and an artificial heart pump to north-central Minnesota when patients’ hearts have stopped.

After years of living with advanced heart disease, a patient of Beth Israel Lahey Health’s nationally ranked heart transplant ...

This article is brought to you by Tulane Doctors. Tulane University School of Medicine is leading a new era of cardiovascular care, giving patients with advanced heart disease renewed hope and a ...

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Thanks to a partnership with Northwest EMS, an advanced life support ambulance is based at the Oakdale fire station, bringing hospital-level care to parts of Allegheny County. In a medical emergency, ...