Breathing Heavy Wildfire Smoke May Increase Risk of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: American Heart Association
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
DALLAS, Texas, April 15 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
Exposure to heavy smoke during recent California wildfires raised the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests up to 70%, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the open access journal of the American Heart Association.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating properly and can no longer pump blood to vital organs t . . .
Exposure to heavy smoke during recent California wildfires raised the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests up to 70%, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the open access journal of the American Heart Association.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating properly and can no longer pump blood to vital organs t . . .