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New Approach To CPR May Save More Lives

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Posted: Wed., March 12, 2008, 07:32 am
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Topics: cardiac resuscitation, CPR, News
     

EW YORK - A new approach to cardiac resuscitation designed to maintain nearly constant chest compressions triples the rate of survival of "out-of-hospital" cardiac arrest, study findings suggest.

"Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health problem and a leading cause of death," note the study investigators. "Although early defibrillation with automated external defibrillators improves survival, early defibrillation is rare and few patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survive."

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