Compression-only CPR increases survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Monday, April 1, 2019 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
In a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR rates nearly doubled and compression-only, or Hands-Only CPR, rates increased six-fold over the 18-year review. Compression-only and standard CPR - with chest compressions and rescue breaths -- were associated with doubled survival rates compared with no CPR.