Constant compressions critical to CPR
Friday, February 6, 2009 - 08:14
in Health & Medicine
Interrupting chest compressions during resuscitation reduces the chances of heartbeat return after defibrillation. New research published in the open access journal BMC Medicine shows that for every second of a pause in compressions there is a 1% reduction in the likelihood of success...
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