Microgravity makes it tricky to do simple tasks like eating, using the toilet and showering, so it is no wonder that performing CPR on someone whose heart stops beating in space is an extremely ...
As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...
New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...
If an astronaut suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in space, could their life be saved? The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Society for Aerospace Medicine have plans in ...
The race to return humans to the moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars has forced scientists to confront a difficult reality. Space is dangerous, isolated and unforgiving.
The new focus on manned missions to the moon and Mars presents countless pressing challenges, including keeping humans alive in hostile environments. What happens when an astronaut or space tourist ...
A Taiwanese trial compared transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided CPR with conventional chest compressions in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. It was expected that TEE would enable ...
The conventional method for chest compressions doesn’t have a great success rate. Doctors are pumping it up with a high-tech plunger. By Joanne Silberner In 1988, a 65-year-old man’s heart stopped at ...
With temperatures creeping into the high 80s, kids have been heading to the pool, and the swim season is definitely heating up. When it comes to one of the ‘C’s’ in our ABC’s of water safety – classes ...