Portable cooling vests could save cardiac arrest victims from brain damage

gizmag.com (11 months and 16 days ago)

Jul 5, 2012

Portable cooling vests could save cardiac arrest victims from brain damage

Lowering the body’s core temperature has been shown to decrease the likelihood of neurological damage in the event of oxygen deprivation. In a process known as “therapeutic hypothermia,” hospital medical staff will routinely administer chilled water blankets or insert cold drip catheters, in order to protect patients who have just experienced a cardiac arrest or stroke. What can be done, however, when someone has a heart attack far from a... full story

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Medical marijuana ingredient prevents brain damage in mice

The words “marijuana” and “brain damage” usually go in that order in medical literature. An Israeli researcher has flipped them around, finding that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, may arrest some forms of brain damage in mice.

latimes.com (16 days ago)

Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage

Hypothermia treatment, which lowers a newborn's body temperature to 92.3 degrees, is increasingly being used to try to help babies suspected of having a brain injury reduce or stave off long-term harm.

wsj.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Marijuana’s THC aids brain-damaged mice - Sat, 01 Jun 2013 PST

LOS ANGELES – The words “marijuana” and “brain damage” usually go in that order in medical literature. An Israeli researcher has flipped them around, finding that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, may arrest some forms of brain damage in mice. Pharmacologist Josef Sarne of Tel Aviv University found that a minuscule amount of tetrahydrocannabinol may protect the brain...

spokesman.com (18 days ago)

Miracle baby was wrapped in a frozen cooling bag to save her life

Miracle baby Lily Cracknell spent three days in a cooling bag after birth. She didn't breathe for the first half an hour of her life. The drop in body temperature stopped brain swelling that could have killed her.

dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 14 days ago)

Kids at risk for sudden cardiac arrest?

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on sudden cardiac arrest, a heart condition that's often overlooked until it's too late

cnn.com (4 months and 1 day ago)

Palo Alto to buy 37 life-saving automated external defibrillators

First responders in Palo Alto are getting a powerful new tool to help save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest. On Monday night, the city council unanimously approved the $92,500 purchase of 37 automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. The lightweight, portable devices are capable of delivering an electric shock through the chest to the heart to restore normal rhythm.

mercurynews.com (2 months and 5 days ago)

Man awake and talking after cardiac arrest during BP MS 150

A 68-year-old man who was taken to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during ...

statesman.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

Man may have been struck by falling ice in Boston; rushed to hospital in cardiac arrest

A man who may have been struck by falling ice this afternoon in Downtown Crossing was taken to a city hospital in cardiac arrest, according to a spokeswoman for Boston Emergency Medical Services. Jennifer Mehigan, the spokeswoman, said paramedics responded to Bromfield Street for a man down just after 2:30 p.m., and he was in cardiac arrest when they arrived. She said one...

boston.com (4 months and 8 days ago)

Bill would require defribrillators in all public schools

WEST CHESTER - State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, D-19 of West Whiteland, is preparing to introduce a bill to place automated external defibrillators in all public school buildings in Pennsylvania.Dinniman said he aims to reduce the number of young lives lost to sudden cardiac arrest, which is estimated at nearly 2,000 a year by the American Academy of Pediatrics.The American Heart...

pottsmerc.com (4 months and 3 days ago)

High ozone levels linked to cardiac arrest

Increases in a city's ozone levels may slightly boost people's risk of cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart stops beating, a new study suggests

foxnews.com (3 months and 29 days ago)

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