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When the Heart Stops, Breaths Can Be Bad - (Part 3 of our Hands-Only Series)

Posted October 20th, 2008 by SCAFoundation

Following on from our previous discussions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), it is important to understand the clinical evidence and arguments for changing the technique in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) cases. This third article examines the reasoning and early studies in modifying resuscitation for witnessed cardiac arrest. In fact, it is these very data that prompted the AHA to issue a science advisory enhancing the 2005 CPR guidelines.