Almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating. People experiencing cardiac arrest will suddenly become unresponsive and either stop breathing or ...

At the onset of a heart attack, people often have a few telltale symptoms: pain in the chest or arm, heartburn, shortness of breath. But only one of these is immediately obvious to the outside ...

Whether it’s picking the music we want to hear, controlling lights and other connected accessories in our smart home, or searching for a quick piece of information without having to type anything, ...

Researchers at the University of Washington created a tool, which could potentially be developed into an application for smart speakers and smartphones, that uses algorithms and machine learning to ...

Of the nearly 400,000 people in the U.S. who experience a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting each year, less than 6% survive, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine. About ...

Agonal breathing is the medical term for gasping for breath. It is usually a symptom of a severe medical emergency, such as stroke or cardiac arrest. Agonal breathing can be brief or it may last for ...

Scientists are developing AI technology that could be used on smartphones and smart speakers to detect whether someone is having a heart attack.

Nov. 12, 2004 (New Orleans) -- Training 911 dispatchers to ask a few simple questions can enable them to correctly identify agonal breathing and thus increase the likelihood that cardiopulmonary ...

Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa could soon be capable of alerting paramedics to a person in cardiac arrest, scientists believe. Researchers have developed the prototype of an audio tool ...

If you’re unlucky enough to have a cardiac arrest, your chances are not good. Of the roughly 400,000 people who experience one every year in the US, less than 6% survive. It is the leading cause of ...