Background: This study was undertaken to provide up-to-date survival data for Canadian adult in-patients following attempted resuscitation from cardiac or respiratory arrest. We hope that objective ...

Prognosis after cardiac arrest is dismal, with an overall survival rate of less than 6%. Outcomes vary with cardiac arrest rhythm: less than 2% of patients with asystolic or pulseless electrical ...

A 27 year old male, occasional tobacco chewer, non-diabetic, and normotensive presented with chest pain of 2 hours duration and was brought to the ER in an unconscious state, pulseless, and with a ...

The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of the lifeless patient, whose cardiac monitor is showing a straight green line. The patient gets a huge ...