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Efforts are being made by the Emergency Medicine Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix to improve Cardiac Rescue thereby enhancing survival rates from cardiac arrest in India.

A UA press release reported that M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, MSR Advanced Learning Center, Medtronic, and the University of Illinois, Chicago, have unveiled the launch of HeartRescue India.

First-of-its-kind, HeartRescue India program is a collaborative effort worth $4.4-million. The program is designed to support demonstration projects that are community-based. These projects are intended to extend access to interventions that saves lives from cardiovascular events including sudden cardiac arrest and heart attack.

The technical adviser to the project will be AEMRC or the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the UA in Tucson and Phoenix.

The initiative was launched at an assembly at M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital in Bangalore, India, where the partner of the HeartRescue India gathered along with representatives from medicine and government as well. The initiation aims to seriously improve survival rates from acute cardiovascular disease, which is the primary and leading cause of deaths in India.

HeartRescue Global Project

The $14 million worth international effort, the HeartRescue Global Project will focus on implementing integrated systems of care such as emergency medical dispatch systems, community responders and hospitals to improve survival rates concerning acute cardiovascular disease. Medtronic’s fundraising arm will fund the HeartRescue project.

-Sumana