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While heroic bystanders have given first aid that saved someone's life, only half of U.S. residents over age 18 are trained to perform CPR or stop serious bleeding, a new study finds.
Emory’s Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), the only national data collection tool that connects pre-hospital cardiac arrest data with hospital outcomes, will receive $23.85 million in grant funding over the next five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new grant marks a return to public funding for the CARES performance and quality improvement program, something made possible through recent legislation that was signed into law at the end of last year.
The unreliability of voice assistants as a source of medical guidance could have dire consequences. Recent research has brought to light significant concerns regarding the efficacy of popular voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa in guiding individuals through life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures.
We utilize voice assistants for so much – can it help with saving lives? Maybe not yet, according to new research.
Voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa can help with things like the weather and recipes, but what about CPR? Perhaps not so much, a new report showed.