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Article: CPR often done incorrectly, both in and out of hospital.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- April 15, 2005
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is often done improperly by rescuers who give too few chest compressions and the wrong amount of ventilation.
Those are the findings of two new studies that are among the first to precisely measure the performance of CPR in real-life situations, both inside and outside the hospital.
CPR has been around for about 50 years, and CPR guidelines are frequently revised. But until now, there has not been a reliable, objective way to measure how well it is being performed, said Lance B. Becker, M.D., a coauthor of the in-hospital study and a professor of emergency medicine and director of the Emergency Resuscitation Research Center ...