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Hold your horses, not the chest compressions

When it comes to cardiac arrest management, the guidelines say the most definitive treatment is high-quality chest ...

Creighton safety team demonstrates updated CPR guidelines

“Since 1966 the American Heart Association has been reviewing its guidelines every few years, it seems to be about every five ...
The Manhattan Mercury

Kids Need CPR More Promptly Than Adults Following Cardiac Arrest

CPR guidelines for children call for cycles of 30 chest compressions at 100 to 120 compressions per minute, followed by two breaths, researchers said. For the new study, researchers reviewed data for ...

Quick CPR from lay rescuers can nearly double survival for children after cardiac arrest

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child's heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of ...
The Reporter

CHOP Researchers Find Bystander CPR with Rescue Breathing Leads to Better Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — When children and adolescents go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, CPR with rescue breathing – rather than CPR using only chest compressions ...
phillyvoice.com

Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don't know what to do

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...