Shortened CPR approach to cardiac arrests increases survival rates, study shows
When it comes to cardiac arrests, doctors and medics have used IVs, breathing tubes, and defibrillation to restart a person's heart. However, based on recent studies, none of these advanced techniques saves lives as well as ordinary cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
Recent studies found that using a shortened CPR approach to cardiac arrests, which use uninterrupted chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, dramatically increases survival rates.
According to Dr. Alex Garza, an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., going back to the basics and performing chest compressions is the best way save a life. The chest compressions need to be applied in the center of the chest at a rate of about 100 per minute.
In addition, the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association have endorsed chest compressions as an acceptable alternative for people who are not trained in CPR.
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