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

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 13:42 in Health & Medicine

Maximising 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 multicentre clinical study that included UT Southwestern Medical Centre...

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