DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new randomized control trial compares the current recommendations of ventilation and chest compression versus ventilation during neonatal resuscitation using an ovine ...

Chest compressions are given only in conditions, where heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute despite giving 30 seconds of positive pressure ventilation. It is to be discontinued after heart ...

Results from the study indicated that the rate of chest compressions was high (median, 140 per minute), with the average compression rate 100–120 per minute in 10% of patients, 121–140 in 43% ...

January 5, 2010 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Results from the ongoing Amsterdam Resuscitation Study (ARREST) showing a causal relationship between CPR chest compressions and ventricular ...

Bystanders should stick to chest compressions, many experts say. July 28, 2010— -- Imagine for a moment, you and your friend are having dinner in a small restaurant and suddenly your friend ...

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center ...

Chest compressions should now come first when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to new American Heart Association guidelines released today. Compressions should be followed ...

Data also suggests chest compressions may benefit cardiac arrests with a prolonged response time. The study pooled data from a total of 1,503 patients.

Sept. 12, 2010— -- Chest compressions prior to defibrillation are just as good as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a new ...