More people are walking away from a type of cardiac arrest that is nearly always fatal, thanks to a new protocol being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It's called an ECPR ...

A new protocol is being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center called an ECPR alert. The alert is designed for usage after ventricular fibrillation has been administered 3 times and ...

People who suffer cardiac arrest usually have low likelihood of survival, especially if it happens out of the hospital. Those who do survive can have neurological damage due to the lack of oxygen-rich ...

KERA's Sam Baker talks with Dr. Tyler Bloomer, a cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He explains the program and how extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation helped save a ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is associated with improved neurological outcomes, compared with standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even with prolonged resuscitation and ...

Rhaman Johnson collapsed at work in December. What happened next tested a lifesaving technology rarely available outside ...

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center partnered with the Columbus Division of Fire to develop a new CPR protocol — an effort that has increased cardiac arrest patients’ ...

Using generative AI for emotional CPR (eCPR) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is here and now, so get used to it and get onboard. In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing series about the ...

His heart reportedly had no pulse for 82 minutes, yet Johnson woke up on Christmas Day and eventually left the hospital with no obvious neurological damage. His case has turned into a real-world trial ...