Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart's electrical ...

A machine learning algorithm running on a smartwatch demonstrated the ability to detect sudden loss of pulse with high specificity (99.99%) and moderate sensitivity (67.23%), according to a study led ...

A smart-technology wearable wristband device may be able to automatically detect cardiac arrest, which could lead to faster medical assistance and increased survival odds when cardiac arrest occurs ...

To address out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Osaka Metropolitan University researchers developed a new scoring method that uses only data available from prehospital resuscitations to accurately predict ...

In New Zealand, ambulance crews treat about seven people a day who are in cardiac arrest, meaning their heart is no longer pumping blood to vital organs. Sadly, fewer than one in eight are likely to ...