What Is CPR and Who Needs It?

What is the purpose of CPR? The purpose of CPR is to apply pressure to an individual’s sternum (breastbone) so that the heart ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Rhode Island 911 dispatchers rarely give callers CPR guidance

Emergency response dispatchers in Rhode Island seldom instruct callers on how to perform CPR, which could save hundreds more cardiac arrest victims annually, according to ProPublica. Rhode Island’s ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be conducted for a minimum of 35 minutes, study finds

A study of more than 17,238 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients found that nearly all survivals were achieved within 35 minutes of performing cardiopulmonary respiration and that there was little ...
TCTMD

Lengthy CPR for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Tied to Worse Outcomes

Nearly a quarter of patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) survive to discharge if CPR quickly results in return to spontaneous circulation, Get With The Guidelines—Resuscitation ...