Therapeutic Hypothermia
The question: Dr. Aaronson, I have heard that hospitals in some situations make patients cold with ice after they have suffered a bad heart attack at home. Your...
CPR
CPR Minus Mouth-to-Mouth
The New England Journal of Medicine just published a study casting doubt on the utility of rescue breathing—commonly known as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Residents in the...
My 2008 Heart Attack
This is a story as recalled by patient Terry: On September 21, 2008, I suffered a massive heart attack. My wife Jan and I had just finished washing...