If you're uncomfortable giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you may actually do a better job of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if you do less mouth-to-mouth, according to a new study: The odds that someone whose heart has stopped beating goes up markedly when rescuers doing spend more time giving chest compressions, research released this week indicates. Source: Reuters Health
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
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Lack of improvement in death rates, experts say, may be because recipients are sicker
Focusing on CPR Improves Survival
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Study urges rescuers to add compressions, delay other interventions . Source: HealthDay
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