Constant compressions critical to CPR

Friday, February 6, 2009 - 08:14 in Health & Medicine

Interrupting chest compressions during resuscitation reduces the chances of heartbeat return after defibrillation. New research published in the open access journal BMC Medicine shows that for every second of a pause in compressions there is a 1% reduction in the likelihood of success...

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