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How a Toilet Plunger Improved CPRCardiac arrest patients who received neuroprotective CPR within 11 minutes of a call to 911 were about three times more likely to survive with good brain function than …

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Dad died after medics waited outside his home, lawsuit says. His son called 911 twice.A Seattle man died of cardiac arrest after his 13-year-old son called 911 twice about him “barely breathing” and h …

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‘Early CPR saves lives’: Co-workers, police officer honored for saving life of unresponsive man in MarengoCo-workers and a police officer were honored for successfully reviving, with the help of param …

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OPINION: I don’t want CPR; will anyone listen?I’m 85 years old and am in reasonably good health considering my age — mild hypertension, cured prostate cancer and macular degeneration. It’s been a wond …

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Carry Less, Do More: Getting Back to the ‘New’ Basics of CPRThe results of an approach that focuses on optimizing heart and brain flow as the primary foundation of resuscitation for out-of-hospital ca …

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Resuscitation training in Ireland – saving lives with CPR skillsIreland has come a long way in developing CPR skills and many lives have been saved in recent years, writes Noeleen Kenny, Resuscitation …

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