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CPR and Coronavirus
Don't hesitate with CPR because of COVID-19. A new study in Circulation last month, reviewed the rates of COVID-19 infections in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and the implications for bystander CPR. In an article published in the Washington Post, experts urged the...
Dr. Bhandari on Univision
¿Cómo brindar primeros auxilios cuando una persona entra en paro cardiaco? Dr. Salil Bhandari from the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine talks about CPR on Univision Houston. Watch the Video.
Medical School Students and Partners Seek to Save Lives in Houston and Nationwide
From Friday February 8 to Sunday February 16, medical students will join forces with national non-profits HealthCorps and First Impact for the 5th Annual National Two Step CPR: Save a Life Campaign. Free hands-only CPR training will be offered over two weekends at...
GETAC Support for TX-CARES
The Governor’s Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Advisory Council released a position statement in support of Texas-CARES. Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death in Texas with an estimated incidence of 60 people affected each...
Survivor Story: Kristen Walenga
“I went into sudden cardiac arrest on the morning of Saturday, August 24, 2019. My husband was at work and I was home with my four children, Nate (9), Sam (11), Rose(14), and Eddie (15). I was in the kitchen making breakfast for my kids before our day of youth football began. Sam and Nate were outside playing, Rose was upstairs with her AirPods in her ears and could not hear much of anything going on in the house. Eddie was just waking up in our basement where he slept the night before having fallen asleep after playing online video games.”
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Academy January 15, 2020
Texas-CARES in partnership with Penn Medicine’s TTM Academy present: “Optimizing Cardiac Arrest Survival with State-of-the-Art Post-Arrest Care”. When: January 15th, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Where: MD Anderson Simulation Center, Houston, TX What: Didactic and Hands-On...
Survivor Story: Scott Corron
A few short years ago, Scott Corron suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a spin studio. His 12-year-old daughter was there. She was doing homework in the lobby. She was naturally frightened – she had no idea what was happening. “There was my dad on the floor,” she said....
CPR LifeLinks Training & Outreach
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...
Cardiac Arrest Registry Expands Reach Through Public-Private Collaboration
CARES is expanding its reach, with a goal of including all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in its registry and doubling the survival rate from witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests within five years, thanks to support from a collaborative group. Please...
Texas-CARES receives HeartRescue United States Grant
Texas-CARES has been awarded a 2019-2020 HeartRescue United States supplemental grant of nearly $30,000 to support efforts to expand the registry and to optimize 9-1-1 and EMS care in Texas. HeartRescue United States, funded by Medtronic Corporation, is a consortium...