Robert Neumar News Today

Across the country, many intensive care units are strained for capacity. This prolongs the boarding process in the emergency department, when critically ill patients – for whom every minute and hour is crucial – wait for open ICU beds.

Over 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside of hospitals. Fortunately, Susan Brant knew what to do when her husband, Brian Brant, had a cardiac arrest in their bedroom.

New science, innovations, and guidelines surrounding resuscitation strategies for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) develop at a rapid pace, and the Citizen CPR Foundation (CCPRF) is dedicated to ensuring lay rescuers and the healthcare community are kept up to date. CCPRF was founded in 1987 with a vision to “strengthen the Chain of Survival” following sudden cardiac arrest by educating lay rescuers, dispatchers, EMTs and paramedics, emergency department personnel, and specialists in intensive c...