Uninterrupted chest-compressions key to survival in cardiac arrest outside hospital setting
Monday, September 28, 2009 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
DALLAS -- Sept. 29, 2009 -- 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, according to a multicenter clinical study that included UT Southwestern Medical Center.