Every second counts when performing CPR: Increase in survival when AED used less than 10 seconds after CPR pause

Monday, June 20, 2011 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

A new study has found the number of people who survive after suffering a cardiac arrest outside a hospital drops significantly if the pause between stopping CPR and using a defibrillator to administer an electric shock is longer than 20 seconds.

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