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Compression-only CPR increases survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

In a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR rates nearly doubled and compression-only, or Hands-Only CPR, rates increased six-fold over the 18-year review. Compression-only and ...
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Using alternative CPR techinque for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent

A study published Online First and in an upcoming Lancet shows that active compression-decompression cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure should be ...
Medscape

ECPR Bests Standard CPR in Neurologically Favorable Outcomes

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is associated with improved neurological outcomes, compared with standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even with prolonged resuscitation and ...
TCTMD

Hands-Only CPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Gaining Traction, With Good Results

New long-term data support a strategy of chest-compression-only CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) for bystanders who are uncomfortable or untrained in giving rescue breathing. The latest ...
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New CPR promises better results by compressing abdomen, not Chest

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A biomedical engineer at Purdue University has developed a new method to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation that promises to be more effective than standard CPR because it ...