Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen significantly over the past two decades, even as overall incidence rates remain stable, according to a major new study from King County, Washington. The ...

Cardiac arrest affects the American population unevenly, and affects different types of athletes in different ways, Reddy said. It's more common among basketball, football and soccer players.

The cause of death for Michael Søren Madsen, famously known as Michael Madsen, who passed away on July 3, has now been ...

DAREDEVIL skydiver Felix Baumgartner suffered a suspected cardiac arrest while in the air before his paragliding accident.

The chance of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest is as low as 10% without cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, Dadlani said. But those odds can get up to 60% using effective chest compressions ...

A man has said "words can't describe" his gratitude to medics and friends who saved his life after his heart stopped while ...

Cardiac arrest is rare among people under age 35 and the causes aren't always immediately clear. More than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen every year in the United States, ...

Three people suffering from cardiac arrest were transferred to the hospital after a fire broke out at an apartment parking ...

A 10-year-old boy has died after going into cardiac arrest one day after his baseball team won their championship game.

Before his cardiac arrest, Ryan Chian was having a pretty normal day. The 15-year-old had run a mile in PE at school. Minutes into basketball tryouts at the local community center, he sank to the ...

Anniston Fairbanks was diagnosed with a rare condition that led her to go into cardiac arrest at unpredictable times. Now, she wants to help other children who may need CPR at school.

July 1 -- near the check-in counter at Terminal 1. Naik suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, and he collapsed at the counter. The passenger was saved by immediate CPR and two AED shocks.