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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...
Learn Chest-Compression CPR
When a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating, often without warning. OHCA can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone. Though the vast majority of patients die, early bystander chest compressions and early Automated External Defibrillation...
Texas-CARES and CPR LifeLinks Academy
Texas-CARES & CPR LifeLinks Academy November 25: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Texas EMS Conference – Fort Worth Join an expert faculty group at this course and learn: How to join the expanding Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) How CARES can promote improved...
Suffering Cardiac Arrest In Chicago Used To Be A Near-Certained Death Sentence. But In Just A Few Years, The Survival Rate Tripled. What Happened?
The reason, scientists say, is largely because more bystanders are performing CPR in the crucial moments after a person's heart stops beating. Please see the following link:...
Neighbors Thought They Witnessed A Tragedy. Then A Sign Appeared: ‘You Saved My Life!’
A man had a heart attack in Southeast Washington. The neighborhood came together to save his life. Please see the following link:...
EMS, Quality Improvement Programs
Quality Improvement (QI) is the intentional process of making system-level changes in clinical processes with a continuous reassessment to improve the delivery of a product. In Emergency Medical Services, this product is essentially the delivery of high-quality...
Can’t Stop Compressing
EMS agencies across the country rose to the challenge, using 110-bpm songs to teach bystanders how to do CPR and maintain the ideal rate for chest compressions. From "Baby Shark" to the "Rocky" theme song, every music video offered potentially lifesaving information...
Bystanders Who Perform CPR Exponentially Increases Survival Rates – One Atlanta Man Knows
A neighbor's Nest security camera records Matthew Jadlocki as he leaves for a run through the Morningside neighborhood. Minutes after this image was captured, the 36-year-old teacher went into cardiac arrest. The security camera footage helped police and Jadlocki's...