More than half of patients with ischemic stroke experience futile reperfusion, increasing the risk of death and disabilities despite a successful recanalization. The reason behind this is debated, and ...

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (N.K., T.E., T.F., S.S.-K., H.O., K.-I.H., T.I.). Division of Evidence-Based ...

The AHA's BLS Course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an ...

This should help both experienced and novice rescuers learn and remember the priorities of BLS care for adult patients who suffer an out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest. However, the AHA ...