Stories
- Article
The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
- Book extract
Healing hearts and saving lives
Cardiology is a prestigious specialism, known for its life-saving, heroic staff. But a doctor’s training eventually reveals other, less obvious ways to save lives.
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
Catalogue
- Books
A heart too good to die : a shocking story of sudden cardiac arrest / Jeremy Whitehead; foreword by David A. Rubin.
Whitehead, Jeremy.Date: 2008- Videos
Cardiac arrest.
Date: 1971- Videos
- Online
Respiratory and cardiac arrest. No. 9.
Date: 1945- Film
Respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Date: 1945- Videos
Treatment of cardiac arrest.
Date: 1958