Gasping helps cardiac arrest victims survive

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:56 in Health & Medicine

People who witness an individual collapse suddenly and unexpectedly should perform uninterrupted chest compressions even if the patient gasps or breathes in a funny way, research from the Resuscitation Research Group at The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Centre shows. The study is set to publish in the 24 November online issue of Circulation, the official journal of the American Heart Association...

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