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CPR: Chest compression only. (Cardiology).
Chest compression--only CPR appears to result in a higher survival rate than standard mouth-to-mouth CPR, Dr. Gordon A. Ewy said at a conference sponsored by the American College of Cardiology.
If he's right, then the American Heart Association's CPR guidelines, published in 2000, are already out of date.
Dr. Ewy of the University of Arizona, Tucson, reported that multiple surveys of the general public, nurses, and physicians all show that nobody really wants to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. But a national 4,000-person survey showed that a much higher percentage of the public would be ...
- CPR by Chest Compression Alone.
- Magazine article from: Clinical Cardiology Alert July 1, 2000 700+ words
CPR by Chest Compression Alone abstract &...rescue Breathing and chest compression-induced Circulation (ABC CPR). Recently, the advisability...of a study that compared CPR by chest compression with and without mouth...
- Chest compression trumps CPR.(Clinical Capsules)(cardiopulmonary...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News May 15, 2007 700+ words
...lay rescuers using chest compression alone is equivalent...to conventional CPR for adults with...resuscitation (chest compression alone) resulted...the conventional CPR group (chest compression and ventilating...
- CPR guidelines emphasize chest compression quality.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Johnson, Kate January 1, 2006 700+ words
...victims of cardiac arrest receive CPR, and even fewer receive high-quality CPR." To address this issue, the...simplifcation of previous instructions on CPR, with a stronger emphasis on continuous chest compression with minimal interruptions for...
- Specialists Rethink Mouth-to-Mouth; Some Urge Chest Compression Alone in CPR.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 9, 2004 700+ words
...the other component of CPR: pressing repeatedly...promote "continuous chest compression," and has even changed...from even attempting CPR. It also diverts willing...much to do with how CPR was invented, and who...One member of the chest compression team, Dr. James Jude...
- New Approach to CPR.(cardiopulmonary resuscitation with chest compression alone...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News August 1, 2000 700+ words
...Cardiopulmonary resuscitation with chest compression alone may save more lives than standard CPR with compression plus ventilation...performing standard CPR or in doing chest compression alone. In the latter group, 15...
- Study Finds Chest Compression Device Outperforms Manual CPR.
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service November 19, 2002 700+ words
...blood flow than manual CPR. Wherever a health care professional would do manual CPR, a device like this could...cardiopulmonary resuscitation and CPR using the belt device...Hemodynamics with a Novel Chest Compression Device in a Porcine Model...
- Chest compression device outperforms manual CPR.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week December 25, 2002 700+ words
...manual chest compressions and conventional CPR, according to a Johns Hopkins-led animal...so it restores more blood flow than manual CPR. Wherever a health care professional would do manual CPR, a device like this could be better for the...
- Physio-Control Announces Availability of LUCAS(TM) Chest Compression System in...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 8, 2007 700+ words
...2004. The LUCAS Chest Compression System is an external...resuscitation (CPR). LUCAS runs...Makes effective CPR possible from the...vehicle * The LUCAS Chest Compression System has been...convinced mechanical chest compression devices will deliver...patients versus ...
Source: HighBeam Research, CPR: Chest compression only. (Cardiology).