cardiac arrest

In Manatee County, a drone delivery system recently started to speed up the arrival of lifesaving treatment for medical emergencies in which every second counts.

Lee County has introduced new automated external defibrillator technology this week that will be available at nearly 200 sites.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo took to social media to suggest a link between two basketball players' cardiac arrests and the vaccine. But one expert said public health officials carry a responsibility to be careful about what they say.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin took to the podium and declared he's ready to resume his football career some four months after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game.

Before being flown to Buffalo, N.Y., Hamlin had been treated for nearly a week at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after going into cardiac arrest on the field during Monday Night Football.

Doctors say they are still unsure what caused Hamlin's collapse during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals a week ago.

For the more than 350,000 Americans each year who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, the prognosis is not always an optimistic one. But quick action with CPR and a defibrillator can be key.

Physicians interviewed by AP say there's no evidence Damar Hamlin's emergency was caused by his vaccine status, adding that there's been no increase in cardiac arrests among vaccinated athletes.

Dorrian Glenn said there were some encouraging signs in Damar Hamlin's condition, such as doctors lowering the level of oxygen needed from 100% to 50%.

It involves the impact of a specific force to the chest at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle. One cardiologist told NPR that what happened to Hamlin was likely "a perfect storm of events."