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Hospital Code Red: Here’s What It Means, Explained by a Doctor

Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...
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Understanding Cardiac Arrest: Causes, symptoms, survival, and how it differs from a heart attack

Cardiac arrest is a sudden and often fatal condition that occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating due to a disruption in its electrical signals. This immediately halts blood flow to the brain and ...
Forbes

5 Things To Know About Sudden Cardiac Arrest In Young, Healthy People

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. These are all cases of sudden cardiac arrest: when the heart ...
Medical Xpress

Cardiac arrest can happen suddenly—here's everything you need to know

Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.
NBC Chicago

Cardiac arrest, heart attack survivors raise awareness for heart health

When Heather Baker suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at work in 2018, she had no history of heart issues. "I started gasping for air," she told NBC Chicago. "My heart had stopped." Stream NBC 5 for ...
NPR

Thousands of people experience cardiac arrest each year. CPR can be life-saving.

In 2025 why not learn CPR? NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to help someone in cardiac arrest. Every year, more than 350,000 people in the U.S. are not in a hospital when they go into cardiac arrest.
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates remain below pre-pandemic levels

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 ...