Lidija McGrath, M.D., and Charles Henrikson, M.D., discuss cardiac arrest and the importance of quickly providing CPR to those who experience it after NFL player Damar Hamlin’s medical emergency during a Jan. 2 game. McGrath says: “We know that delivery of immediate CPR saves lives and it can improve the likelihood of survival by two to threefold. So, it essentially doubles or triples a person’s chances of survival.”

Lidija McGrath, M.D., and Charles Henrikson, M.D., discuss cardiac arrest and the importance of quickly providing CPR to those who experience it after NFL player Damar Hamlin’s medical emergency during a Jan. 2 game. McGrath says: “We know that delivery of immediate CPR saves lives and it can improve the likelihood of survival by two to threefold. So, it essentially doubles or triples a person’s chances of survival.”

Lidija McGrath, M.D., and Charles Henrikson, M.D., discuss cardiac arrest and the importance of quickly providing CPR to those who experience it after NFL player Damar Hamlin’s medical emergency during a Jan. 2 game. McGrath says: “We know that delivery of immediate CPR saves lives and it can improve the likelihood of survival by two to threefold. So, it essentially doubles or triples a person’s chances of survival.”

In a Q&A with the Mail Tribune, a longtime Mercy Flights Explorer post volunteer from Southern Oregon describes taking Explorers on an annual spring break trip to OHSU to job-shadow and explore possible careers in health care.

Healio Gastroenterology reports that new federal guidelines ease access to noninvasive colorectal cancer screening tests. David Lieberman, M.D., says, “This is a huge win for our patients. This change will help providers address a major CRC screening gap for people who were previously burdened by the cost of a follow-up colonoscopy.”

A retrospective study that analyzed patient data from OHSU and other hospitals finds that excimer laser sheaths can safely and successfully be used to retrieve filters from the inferior vena cava when they’re no longer needed to prevent blood clot movement: TCTMD, a publication of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

In an Oregonian story about the state nearly tripling the number of opioid overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021, Todd Korthuis, M.D., M.P.H., says increase in deaths coincides with the surge of illicit fentanyl into the state. He says, “It’s different from the things that have come before, because it’s more potent, it’s more addictive, and it’s cheap and easier to get.”

Dr. Peter Graven, lead forecaster on the pandemic for Oregon Health & Science University, issued his last 2022 forecast on Dec. 16.

Coverage of various Oregon reports related to respiratory illness prevalence notes OHSU’s Dec. 16 forecast predicts COVID-19 hospitalizations will continue to fall and begin to plateau in February or March.

The Hermiston Herald reports that the Stanfield Public Library in Umatilla County will partner with OHSU to promote walking and walkability in rural communities.