Should they stay or should they go? Study finds no harm from hospital policies that let families observe CPR

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

When a hospital patient’s heart stops, the drama starts, as doctors and nurses work furiously at resuscitation. Some hospitals allow family members to watch, while the majority do not. Now, a study has shown for the first time on a national scale that patients do just as well after a cardiac arrest either way.

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