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Thievery is a known survival strategy in the wild. But you couldn’t steal a toxin...or could you? Meet 5 animals that turn someone else’s poison into their own weapon of choice. PORE-FORMING TOXINS 0:50 BIRDS-FOOT TREFOIL 2:45 SIX-SPOT...

During a Formula 1 race, a car sends hundreds of millions of data points to its garage for real-time analysis and feedback. So why not use this detailed and rigorous data system elsewhere, like at children's hospitals? Peter van Manen...

Today we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart's pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their own action potentials, and how the resulting...

Basic Life Support (BLS) is basically CPR, and when bystanders are trained to help people suffering cardiac arrest with BLS and automated defibrillators, outcomes improve. Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a whole other story. We've got the...

How Heart Disease And Depression Are Related

Time for a Pop Quiz. All the following are potential signs for a heart attack, but one is more than likely to affect women. Is it....<br/>
A) Chest<br/> discomfortB) Pain in bot<br/>h arms
C) Shortness of breath
D) Cold sweat.

Movie myth? OR clinically correct? Can a defibrillator really jump start a flatlined heart bringing you back from the dead just like in the movies? Learn the science behind an electrical shock to your heart and when it...

Lesson on high magnesium (Hypermagnesemia), purpose of magnesium, dietary sources of magnesium, causes of high magnesium, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Magnesium is an important element acquired from our diet that is required as a...

Have you ever wondered what causes a heart attack (technical term, myocardial infarction)? In this video, we discuss the general physiological mechanism of an MI (myocardial infraction).

After collapsing from cardiac arrest and being resuscitated during his country’s opening European Championship game, Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD,...

A 29-YEAR-OLD man is living to his life to the full, despite having died NINE times. Jamie Poole was born with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a heart condition in which a portion of the heart becomes thickened, resulting in the organ...

While a few people die from heart attacks while running marathons each year, a far greater number of people are impacted by the traffic disruptions marathons cause. People who suffer heart problems during marathons can face delays in...

This video discusses the formation of blood clots and the potential dangers they pose. It explains the components of a blood clot and how they form, both in a beneficial way to stop bleeding and in a harmful way that can lead to...

Brugada Syndrome is a genetic disorder with abnormal sodium channels in the heart. It is one of the leading causes of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome in Adults. I explain the symptoms, ECG findings, Pathophysiology, diagnosis & finally...

Basic Life Support (BLS) is basically CPR, and when bystanders are trained to help people suffering cardiac arrest with BLS and automated defibrillators, outcomes improve. Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a whole other story. We've got the...

Dubbing it 'ambulance drone', a student at a Dutch university has developed a flying defibrillator that can respond within minutes after a heart attack sets in. "Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the European Union every...

A new Danish study is raising awareness of the rare but disturbing phenomenon of patients being awake during CPR.

Have you ever wondered what commotio cordis is or what causes it? In this video, we dissect the physiological mechanism of commotio cordis.

A simple animated video explaining how to deliver CPR to people who have collapsed and are not breathing, using the steps "DR'S ABC". This video will be helpful to students of all ages, health professionals, patients and their families.

ALS still doesn't appear to be better than BLS. This is Healthcare Triage News.