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 ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — CPR compressions is what many of us were taught to do when saving someone's life, but now physicians are trying out 'ECPR.' Doctors at UF Health say they've already seen success ...

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 ...

Every year more than 300,000 people in the U.S. die from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, making it a leading cause of death. Improved access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and ...

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

CLEVELAND — What began as a strange, painful sensation in her leg quickly escalated into a terrifying medical emergency, but thanks to the efforts of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center's ...

After suffering cardiac arrest in March, Ken Platt’s heart stopped for 45 minutes — a span that typically marks the end of life. But thanks to a groundbreaking eCPR program, the 65-year-old got a ...