A recent study, one of the largest of its kind, has identified a way to better identify if somebody is at higher risk of dying in the next three years following a heart attack. Higher levels of the ...

The authors said their work is an effort towards making more tailored therapy a reality. Knowing the collective clinical factors that determine patient response can be used to predict response to ...

Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) causes significant stress for the rescuers which may cause deficiencies in attention and increase distractibility. This may lead to misjudgements of ...

This study investigated the influence of a short task-focusing strategy on perceived stress levels and performance of rescuers in a simulated CPR scenario. We found an increase in stress/overload ...