New CPR technique for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 17:32
in Health & Medicine
An alternative method of cardipulmonary resuscitation increases long-term survival of patients. The study determined that active compression-decompression cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure gave patients a better chance of survival.