Despite major advancements in cardiovascular medicine, sudden cardiac death (SCD)
continues to be an enormous medical and societal challenge, claiming millions of lives …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) and arrhythmia represent a major worldwide public health
problem, accounting for 15–20% of all deaths. Early resuscitation and defibrillation remains …

Background Early defibrillation plays a key role in improving survival in patients with out-of-
hospital cardiac arrests due to ventricular fibrillation (ventricular-fibrillation cardiac arrests) …

Aim To systematically review studies comparing bystander automated external defibrillator
(AED) use to no AED use in regard to clinical outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest …

Importance Neurologically intact survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has
been increasing in Japan. However, associations between increased prehospital care …

This practice parameter update focuses on 7 areas in which there are new evidence and
new recommendations. Diagnostic criteria for anaphylaxis have been revised, and patterns …

Background—The best cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) technique for survival after out-
of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) has been intensively discussed in the recent few years …

Public access defibrillation initiatives make automated external defibrillators available to the
public. This facilitates earlier defibrillation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims and could …

Background There is more to illuminate about people's experiences of surviving out‐of‐
hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and how such an event affects people's lives over time. Aims …

Aim To determine the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) fulfilling Utstein
criteria in the Canton Ticino, Switzerland, the survival rate of OHCA patients and their …