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Research shows disparities in how communities respond to cardiac arrest

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:45:04 +0000

Black neighborhoods had a significantly lower rate of bystander automated external defibrillator (AED) use relative to non-Hispanic/Latino white communities, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods also had lower rates of AED use, according to the study, which was published in a recent edition of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association (AHA).

First author Ryan Huebinger, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, and his team conducted the research by analyzing data from more than 18,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The research earned Huebinger an AHA’s Young Investigator Award.

The researchers wrote that the findings identified an important opportunity to improve training and access to information about AEDs to better serve minority and underrepresented neighborhoods in Texas. “Through these efforts we can hopefully close the gap and save lives,” Huebinger said.

Senior author on the paper was Bentley Bobrow, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGovern Medical School. Other UTHealth co-authors in the department were Lesley Osborn, MD, assistant professor and medical director of Memorial Hermann Life Flight; Henry Wang, MD, professor and executive vice chair of research; Micah Panczyk, MS, director of implementation science; and Normandy Villa, MPH, translational science and quality improvement specialist.

AHA Young Investigator Award

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:10:06 +0000

Dr. Ryan Huebinger, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in the McGovern Medical School of University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, recently received a Young Investigator Award from the American Heart Association for the scientific abstract titled: “Disparities in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care and Outcomes in Texas.”

The abstract analyzed data from more than 18,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests entered into the Texas-CARES registry from 2014 through 2018. Dr. Huebinger and his team found that minority and poor neighborhoods in Texas suffer “large and unacceptable disparities” relative to non-Hispanic/Latino white neighborhoods in bystander response and patient outcomes. The findings, the authors conclude, highlight an important opportunity for targeted resuscitation training and quality improvement.

UTHealth House Calls Event

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:20:09 +0000

The Emergency Medical Response: Be Prepared to Save a Life

Learn the proper steps to take during a medical emergency.
Sometimes saving a life comes down to a few crucial moments.

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Featuring:

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP

Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD FACEP is Professor and Chair and John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth. He is focused on improving outcomes for major public health problems including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, acute stroke, substance abuse, and behavioral health emergencies. As a public health official for more than 20 years, he has partnered with 9-1-1 centers, EMS agencies, municipal fire departments, hospitals, university researchers and the public to implement and measure systems of care for effectively responding to these emergencies. Dr. Bobrow is a past Chair of the American Heart Association Basic Life Support Subcommittee and a co-author of the Institutes of Medicine Report on Cardiac Arrest. He has collaborated to launch the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) Program.

UTHealth House Calls

admin — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:45:15 +0000

UTHealth House Calls

The Emergency Medical Response: Be Prepared to Save a Life

When: Thursday, November 14, 2019 6 to 8 pm

Where: Star Motor Cars, 7000 Katy Road Houston, Texas 77024

Schedule:

6 pm | Welcome
6:30 pm | UTHealth presentation and Q&A
7 pm | Reception

Complimentary valet

House Calls

Thursday, November 14, 2019 6 to 8 pm

Featuring:

Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP

Chair of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth

CPR LifeLinks Training & Outreach

admin — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:05:29 +0000

McGovern Med at UTHealth Emergency Medicine Department Chair, Ben Bobrow, and Director of Implementation Science, Micah Panczyk, teamed up on October 14 with a host of resuscitation experts at EMS World Expo to produce a first-of-its-kind: a hands-on High-Performance CPR training as prescribed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s CPR LifeLinks “implementation toolkit.”

The sold-out class aimed at achieving guideline-recommended care through the practice of individual skills and team choreography. The training was followed on October 16 by a CPR LifeLinks outreach presentation that centered on the story of a 4-year-old boy who was successfully resuscitated by 9-1-1 and EMS responders in Bend, Oregon after suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Survivor Story: Father John Price

admin — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:14:55 +0000

Friends, I died from ventricular fibrillation Thursday. Happily, I was in a place where there was an automated electronic defibrillator -AED- and people who were trained in its use. One friend pounced on me to do CPR until the AED could be brought to bear on me. She kept the blood flowing in my body and brain until the AED could restart my heart. Very few people with this event outside of a hospital live and that, only if this equipment is on hand, battery charged up, pads fresh, and people who know how to use it, and are willing to do it.

I’m so grateful this didn’t happen 45 minutes earlier while I was driving to the place downtown. Or 18 hours later, when I would have been driving to the Kerrville area with a group of friends to a retreat.
It wasn’t my Time, and my cardiologist is going to figure out what to do to prevent this recurring. I request your prayers for this issue to be resolved so I can accomplish the goals I have at least to publish the 2 more books I’m writing on the same subject of the near-death experiences. They are coming along well.

I’m so glad it wasn’t my time.

I did not have the classic near-death experience, nothing. I went straight from feeling drowsy to finding myself in an ambulance.

I’m so grateful to the group who leaped into action and to the people who bought and put the AED there. We have one at our church and we maintain it for use, also important.

I urge churches, stores, offices, and other gathering spaces to get them, learn to use them, and maintain them.

Thank you for your prayers.

March 9, 2019

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