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Most of us have learned at least the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, at some point in our lives. The layperson's--and sometimes the doctor's--emergency treatment of choice when someone goes into cardiac arrest, CPR involves using the heel of the hand to push deeply into the victim's chest, while administering periodic mouth-to-mouth breaths. But the sobering fact is that the procedure just doesn't work very well; in fact, almost 95% of cardiac-arrest victims die before they reach a medical center. In light of a stat like that one, the American...
...first thing you ought to do when faced with a person suffering cardiac arrest is to call 911, if possible, and that recommendation remains unchanged. You then immediately begin administering CPR, which, according to the old rules, consists of 15 chest compressions, followed by two mouth-to-mouth breaths, then another 15 compressions, another two breaths and so on. The new guidelines call for raising the compressions from 15 to 30, while keeping the two breaths the same...
...Lawrence was found collapsed in the bathroom of his off-campus apartment around 1 a.m. by his roommate Sang Dave Lee, also a junior at SMG, and his girlfriend Ida Teberian, a sophomore at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Lee and Teberian administered CPR before paramedics rushed Lawrence to Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:09 a.m., according to David Estrada, a spokesman for the Boston Police Department (BPD). The specific cause of death is unknown, although the BPD has concluded, after performing a medical examination...
...million children in 1993, down from 2.5 million a year just a decade ago. Polio crippled 140,000 children last year, down from 500,000 in 1980. --A simple medical device that looks like a plunger may be more effective than the traditional hand-pressing technique used in cpr to save heart-attack victims. The small suction pump compresses and expands the patient's chest more vigorously, reduces the risk of broken ribs and allows more blood to flow through the body...
...decade of watching ER hasn't taught you how to perform CPR, you can now learn from the American Heart Association's $30 at-home kit, which includes a CPR dummy...