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CPR is successful without mouth-to-mouth, but not without oxygen

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People can survive cardiac arrest if they receive only chest compressions during attempts to revive them - as advised by the current American Heart Association guidelines. But they cannot survive without access to oxygen ...


Resuscitation and survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest nearly double (w/ Video)

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Richmond Ambulance Authority have improved resuscitation and survival rates dramatically for cardiac arrest patients by training and equipping paramedics to begin lowering ...


Continuous chest compression-CPR improved cardiac arrest survival in Arizona

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than when bystanders performed standard CPR. ...


Uninterrupted chest-compressions key to survival in cardiac arrest outside hospital setting

Uninterrupted chest-compressions key to survival in cardiac arrest outside hospital setting

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maximizing the proportion of time spent performing chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) substantially improves survival in patients who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting, ...


During CPR, more chest compressions mean more saved lives

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study reported in Circulation: Jo ...


Mock CPR drills in kids show many residents fail in key skills

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in "first response" emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, while at the same time offering ...


More compressions, fewer interruptions lead to higher cardiac arrest survival

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Survival rates from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest almost doubled when professional rescuers using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) gave better chest compressions and minimized interruptions to them, according to ...