cardiac arrest

Tracheal intubation involves inserting a flexible tube into the windpipe, through the vocal cords, to allow a person who is unable to breathe to breathe and protecting the airway from inhalation of gastric material

Defibrillators in schools. The intervention of the emergency services in schools is not a frequent occurrence, but neither is it very unusual: many children have to live, diagnosed or undiagnosed, with a heart condition

The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) has presented the 2021 Basic Life Support (BLS) guidelines, which build on the 2020 international consensus on the science of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with recommendations for treatment.

Covid-19 and cardiac arrest is a daily problem for every rescuer. Both national and international studies have shown how the cardiac arrest cases and the mortality rate have increased in the global Covid-19 scenario

COVID-19-positive stroke patients are more likely to experience stroke in areas of the brain that are associated with more severe strokes, to have worse outcomes, and to die in the hospital than COVID-19-negative stroke patients, according…

The more or less rapid arrival of an ambulance in the event of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest significantly affects the outcome of an OHCA cardiac arrest.

Cardiac dysfunction and Covid-19, a study of particular relevance. It is the result of a collaboration between the team of clinical and interventional cardiology of Humanitas and the specialists of the Mount Sinai Hospital Group in New York…

The impact of COVID-19 on pre-hospital and hospital services and hence on the prevalence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) remain unclear. The review aimed to evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the…

Reduction in heart failure hospitalization in Italy: the recent coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) pandemic outbreak forced the adoption of restraint measures, which modified the hospital admission patterns for several diseases. The aim of…

COVID-19, first aid in the workplace: workers spend more than a third of their lifetime in the workplace. Customers and other visitors also spend a significant amount of time in workplaces. Health events requiring urgent intervention may…