NEWS
TH in Iraq case report.October 20, 2012
CPR Guidelines for dogs and cats. June 13, 2012
How to save a life. A discussion of hands-only CPR. March 28, 2012.
Man who suffered cardiac arrest reunited with his angels. CBS3. January 16, 2012.
Crowd-sourcing good Samaritans. Featuring the MyHeartMap Challenge, a project launched by Dr. Raina Merchant at Penn CRS. The Economist. September 12, 2011
SCAF article on the number of patients treated annually for SCA in US Hospitals. June 24, 2011
CPR and Smartphone technology. Philadelphia Inquirer article featuring Dr. Raina Merchant. April 21, 2011
332nd EMDG US Air Force performs therapeutic hypothermia on a soldier using CRS website protocols. April 14, 2011
People Magazine April 18, 2011 Cardiac Arrest and Cooling.
CPR Quality Worse at Night: read the ADVANCE for Nurses article looking at the CRS UPenn study findings.
CPR Monograph: CPR Performance Counts. December 2010.
WHYY: CPR in hospitals less effective at night. Hear the WHYY story on research done by members of the CRS.
2010 CPR Guidelines:
The Center for Resuscitation Science staff and faculty at Penn and CHOP have contributed significantly to the AHA and ILCOR 2010 Guidelines with over 50 citations. Click here to see the full list.
Students learn how to save a life with CPR
Making Sudden Cardiac Arrest a Reportable Condition: Read the JEMS story about efforts to create a national reporting system for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Press on the new 2010 CPR Guidelines:
Cooling therapy has chilling effect on heart attack deaths: Read about one survivor's story and how the CRS and therapeutic hypothermia helped save his life.
Everyone Can and Should Learn CPR: Watch the Center for Resuscitation Science's Dr. Benjamin Abella and Nurse Research Coordinator Marion Leary give a fast and easy 2-minute CPR lesson on CNN.
Back from the Dead: Watch a CNN video about a 22 year old man who survived cardiac arrest.
CPR saves young mom: Read this CNN article about a 33 year old woman who survived cardiac arrest.
Welcome
The University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine's Center for Resuscitation Science is dedicated to research and training that will save lives of people who suffer cardiac arrest and shock.
To accomplish this mission, we have brought together a diverse team of scientists, clinicians, and engineers focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of death and reanimation in an environment designed to catalyze translation of new discoveries into optimized patient care.
Coursera: web-based learning
Coursera offers not-for-credit classes, available at no cost to audiences around the world, that include video lectures, interactive assignments, and other web-based resources. Participating institutions include the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Standford University and the University of Michigan. Check out our course on Cardiac Arrest, Therapeutic Hypothermia and Resuscitation Science, and others, at https://www.coursera.org.
Hypothermia and Resuscitation Training Institute At Penn
The Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania is hosting several of the workshops, the next of which is March 14-15, 2013.
Click here for more information.
UPHS AED Training Video
Center for Resuscitation Science Staff, together with the Clinical Emergencies Committee at the HOspital of the University of Pennsylvania, have put together a short video on how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED.) Anyone can learn how to use an AED and help to save a life in an emergency situation!
The MyHeartMap Challenge: a social media, mobile media, crowdsourcing initiative to locate AEDs and improve access and awareness.
The grand prize is 10,000 but there are lots of ways to play. Click on this link to Register and find more information. The Contest launches Tuesday January 31, 2012 and lasts 6 weeks. Sign up today! myheartmap.org
CNN Special
CNN ran a special investigation on cardiac arrest last October, reporting on treatments such as CPR and Therapeutic Hypothermia. A number of the Center for Resuscitation Staff have been interviewed for both television and online reports and videos. See it all on their website: CNN Health. Here are the links for two videos, one showing Dr. Benjamin Abella and Nurse Research Coordinator Marion Leary giving a fast and easy 2-minute CPR lesson, the other detailing the story of a 22 year old man's amazing recovery from cardiac arrest. Also included is an article detailing a 33 year old woman's experience with cardiac arrest and how her husband saved her life by performing CPR.
Survivors Luncheon
The Center for Resuscitation Science held a luncheon to honor Donald Dietrich, a cardiac arrest survivor, as well as raise awareness for CPR and Therapeutic Hypothermia. Click here to learn about his remarkable recovery.
Get Involved
Get Informed
The Center for Resuscitation Science was proud to partner with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association for their first-ever Annual Meeting. To learn more about this exciting organization, please click the banner below.
Hypothermia Resources
Click here for extensive resources on hypothermia after cardiac arrest therapy, including protocols, links, and slide show presentations
Emergency Cardiopulmonary Bypass Network Conference
On May 4-5, 2009, The Center for Resuscitation Science was pleased to host an Emergency Cardiopulmonary Bypass Network Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Click here to see some of the interesting and informative presentations that were given during the conference.