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Trained bystanders, EMS specialists increase cardiac arrest survival chancesIn Harrison and Hancock counties, our local out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate is higher than the national average …

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CPR & AED Education Crisis at Public SchoolsEvery year over 350,000 Americans experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest event; most of whom will not survive. The primary way a bystander can increas …

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Heroic act spurs conversation for National CPR / AED Awareness WeekNational CPR / AED Awareness Week is scheduled to run from June 1 - 7. To kick off the week of awareness, we were joined by a guest o …

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Football players urged to spend 15 minutes learning how to save livesThousands of football players and fans across North Yorkshire are being urged to spend 15 minutes learning how to save lives.A new …

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This is what a cardiac arrest looks like, and why you need to knowDr. Anezi Uzendu should not be here to explain what a cardiac arrest looks like. He's alive only because strangers at a gym understood …

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Extracorporeal CPR does not offer more favorable neurologic outcomeFor patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) does not improve favorable neuro …

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