Alachua County’s bystander CPR rates save lives, study finds
January 15, 2026
• New study shows that after activating PulsePoint, an app that alerts CPR-trained individuals to nearby cardiac events, rates of lifesaving bystander CPR…
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UF Health’s new ECPR program saves its first heart attack patient
March 27, 2024
Frank Lowman is as hardworking as they come. Even after suffering a heart attack that led to cardiac arrest, Lowman focused on one thing that was extremely…
College of Medicine, UF Health Shands Hospital, +2 more
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UF Health, UAA and ACFR aid ailing fan at Gators football game
November 22, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For 23 years, Greg Magruder has been a Florida Gators fan. He and his wife, Karen, moved to Florida from Ohio in 2000. Magruder, a pastor…
Department of Emergency Medicine, +3 more
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Life inside a COVID-19 care unit: UF Health Shands Hospital workers rise to meet many challenges
January 25, 2021
In early March, COVID-19 began appearing in North Florida. At UF Health Shands Hospital’s Unit 75, some doctors and nurses had a feeling of inevitability.…
UF Health Shands Hospital, +2 more
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UF Health Chest Pain Center, PulsePoint provide East Gainesville organizations with lifesaving devices
September 30, 2020
The UF Health Chest Pain Center, in coordination with the UF Health PulsePoint task force, has donated a pair of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to…
Department of Emergency Medicine, +3 more
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UF Medical Guild awards task force funding for AEDs and CPR training in East Gainesville
October 25, 2019
The UF Medical Guild has awarded grant funding to 14 nonprofit organizations to support communitywide health and wellness projects, including one aimed at…
Department of Anesthesiology, +3 more
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Smartphone app empowers citizens to help in case of cardiac emergency, now available locally
September 5, 2018
University of Florida Health officials and Alachua County and city of Gainesville emergency first responders announced the launch of a smartphone app that…
Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Emergency Medicine, +3 more
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Education, rapid care keys to preventing sepsis deaths, UF Health study shows
May 18, 2017
A comprehensive study of sepsis treatment conducted by UF Health researchers has concluded that a new educational program to identify and treat the condition,…
Jacksonville College of Medicine, UF Health Jacksonville, +2 more
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Simple genetic test shows promise for better outcomes in heart stent patients
November 15, 2016
A quick, precise genetic test can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular events by helping to identify more effective medication for some heart…
Division of Cardiology, +7 more
