by Joshua Moffett | Sep 15, 2022 | Events, News
The Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES) and Penn Medicine TTM Academy present: State-of-the-Art Cardiac Resuscitation: From BLS to ECMO to Post-Arrest Care Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem that...
by Joshua Moffett | Aug 18, 2022 | News
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death from which we can save many lives with simple, life-saving therapies like bystander CPR and AED use. The first step is accurately tracking the incidence of OHCA and outcomes in communities, which is...
by Joshua Moffett | Jul 15, 2022 | News
Summer is the peak time for outdoor activities, but it is also the peak time for accidents that can literally take a person’s breath away. To be a lifesaver to a loved one or stranger, learn CPR. “You don’t need formal training to perform CPR, and doing...
by Joshua Moffett | Apr 26, 2022 | News
Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, killing about 350,000 people annually. More people die from it than from breast, lung, colon, and prostate cancer combined. About 90 percent of those who experience sudden cardiac arrest die, a...
by Joshua Moffett | Feb 23, 2022 | News, Survivor
Gene Velasquez, 55, collapsed while running at Memorial Park in June of last year when he suffered a heart attack and was in cardiac arrest. Mr. Velasquez spent the following five days in a coma. A good Samaritan gave him CPR and put him in an ambulance,...
