As of January this year, Aotearoa New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as "double ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Administration of epinephrine within 4 minutes after first automatic external defibrillator shock for ...

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rate that occurs in the lower chambers of the heart and lasts for less than 30 seconds. Tachycardia is a heart rate that is faster ...

Online education and code simulation among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses markedly improved the time to first shock in hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular ...

Ventricular tachycardia (v-tach or VT) is a very fast heart rhythm that begins in the ventricles. The condition most commonly affects people who have heart disorders, such as coronary artery disease ...

Ventricular tachycardia arises from an abnormal electrical focus or circuit in the myocardium of the ventricle and is usually manifested as a tachyarrhythmia with a wide QRS complex on ...

Pulseless electrical activity, or PEA, can cause cardiac arrest and occurs when any medical disorder causes severe hypotension during which the blood pressure drops critically low to the point where ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

As of January this year, Aotearoa New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as “double ...