Resuscitation in Biological News

Life Sciences Discovery Fund awards health research program grants

... development, improving the potential of cardiac resuscitation technology, improving the delivery of mental ... inside human cells, to studying point-of-care resuscitation technology, and to reaching out to rural, ... to Integrate Technology and Cardiac Arrest resuscitation Program focus: To improve ...

New CPR promises better results by compressing abdomen, not Chest

... developed a new method to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation that promises to be more effective than standard ... is performed. For every one minute of delay, the resuscitation rate decreases by 10 percent. "In other words, at 10 minutes, the resuscitation is absolutely ineffective," said Leslie Geddes, ...

UT faculty members win American Heart Association awards for advancing research

... Holcomb received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma resuscitation Science, which was established in 2003 to recognize leaders in this field. ... to receive a Lifetime Achievement award for their contributions to the resuscitation of critically ill or injured patients. Dr. Holcomb, while serving in the ....

Resuscitation technique after brain injury may do more harm than good

... to recover with room air. "This study suggests 100 percent oxygen resuscitation may further damage an already compromised brain," said Dr. Steven Kernie, ... said. "Our research shows even brief exposure to 100 percent oxygen during resuscitation actually worsens white-matter injuries." Dr. Kernie said adding pure ...

Hyperviscous fluids: Better treatment for severe blood loss

... loss, but UC San Diego bioengineering researchers have reported improved resuscitation with a radically different approach. Building on earlier studies in humans ... with viscosity enhancers that thicken blood. Reporting in the journal resuscitation in an article that is available online, the researchers describe dramatic ...

Design input accelerates new technologies' route to market

... It could eventually replace the traditional stethoscope method of monitoring heart rate during childbirth, which is open to human error, interrupts resuscitation and can fail to detect sudden and serious changes to a baby's medical condition. The Mixed Reality Lab within the School of Computer Science has ...

Therapeutic hypothermia is promising strategy to minimize tissue damage

... al. focus on "Perioperative Hypothermia: Use and Therapeutic Implications," and Kim et al. describe "The Use of Pre-Hospital Mild Hypothermia After resuscitation from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest." Kochanek et al. collaborate on two articles on therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric populations, one ...

New cardiology research presented at CHEST 2008

... that patients who are seriously ill, as well as their families, should be well informed regarding the expected outcome of multiple in-hospital resuscitation events. #6700 CHEST COMPRESSIONS DIFFICULT FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO PERFORM (Wednesday, October 29, 10:30 AM EST) Female hospital staff ...

Study: Paramedics save more lives when they don't follow the rules

... journal's April print issue. "Cardiocerebral resuscitation eliminates certain previously recommended ... of the study. "I am convinced that Cardiocerebral resuscitation will have a world-wide impact." "In laboratory ... may not be good for the other. Cardiocerebral resuscitation is designed for cardiac arrest. Sudden ...

New study aims to stop sepsis in its tracks

... the patient is quickly spiraling into multisystem organ failure. Starting resuscitation at this point may already be too late." To test ways of managing the ... diagnose, and treat sepsis. The protocol includes a sequence of resuscitation methods to deliver fluids, restore blood pressure, and monitor ...

Clot-busting drug helps revive cardiac arrest patients

... and lead author on the study, reported in the June issue of the journal resuscitation and available now on-line. The pilot study involved patients with ... Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) measures, which include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), drugs such as adrenaline, and defibrillation, an electric shock to ...

Heart has enough oxygen to survive hypothermia, CPR crucial

... "Due to the limited amount of oxygen the body needs when hypothermic, I want to stress the importance of starting and continuing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts with all victims of hypothermia," Tveita said. Doctors typically cease CPR efforts in a normothermic patient after 30 minutes. But CPR ...

Protein Discovery Could Unlock The Secret To Better TB Treatment

... In a study published on 1st March 2005 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, a combined team discovered the structure of a protein known as resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf). Five versions of the Rpf protein exist in TB bacteria. The paper's unveiling of the molecular structure of Rpf could be ...

Protein discovery could unlock the secret to better TB treatment

... In a study published on 1st March 2005 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, a combined team discovered the structure of a protein known as resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf). Five versions of the Rpf protein exist in TB bacteria. The paper's unveiling of the molecular structure of Rpf could be ...