Cardiac Arrest

Teenage Swimmer Tipped For Olympics Dies In Bed At Home

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.02.2013 | UK

A teenage swimming star tipped for the Rio Olympics has died in bed at home just hours after winning her latest award. Schoolgirl Chloe Waddell, 16...

Green Mile Star Dies Following Recent Heart Attack

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Entertainment

The star of The Green Mile, US actor Michael Clarke Duncan, has died at the age of 54, reports AP. The popular actor, who lent his voice to The Gre...

Woman Dies From Heart Attack After Rollercoaster Ride

PA | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

A woman has collapsed and died after going on a white-knuckle ride at a theme park. Carla Knight, 42, from Barwell in Leicestershire, suffered a ca...

Sudden Death Syndrome in the UK

James Mahon | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
James Mahon

With an alarming 26% of British citizens male and female classified as obese according to a 2012 NHS report, one would think this summer of sport would be a welcome one. However with such focus on extreme exercise comes the risk of cardiac arrest.

Udinese To Pay For Dead Footballer's Sister's Care For Life

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

Udinese have revealed that they will offer financial aid for life to the heavily disabled sister of 25-year-old Piermario Morosini, who died after suf...

We're Making Heart Attack Progress, But We Can't Stop Now

Professor Peter Weissberg | Posted 28.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Professor Peter Weissberg

New heart statistics published this week are a welcome reminder of how far we've come in the past decade. Between 2002 and 2010, the proportion of people in the UK who die from a heart attack each year has more than halved.

The Greatest Kiss of all is the Kiss of Life

Maura Gillespie | Posted 30.09.2011 | UK
Maura Gillespie

August 2 is National Kissing Day and a great way to poke fun at the fact Brits are apparently losing their passion for a daily game of tonsil tennis. But it also serves as a timely reminder that the greatest kiss anyone can ever give is the kiss of life.

Giving the Health Service an Essential Uplift

Rita Pal | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK
Rita Pal

The important thing to understand is that responding to cardiac arrests in the middle of the night is often a dangerous task for doctors.