World's largest cardiac arrest trial suggests longer initial paramedic CPR provides no benefit
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
A study involving nearly 10,000 cardiac arrest patients from 10 North American regions has shown that extending the period of initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by paramedics and firefighters from one to three minutes provides no benefit. The study resolves a worldwide controversy about cardiac arrest care.