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News About CPR
CPR: Medical Watch
17 December 2009, WGN-TV, CW (Chicago, Illinois)
CW in Chicago reports CPR by healthcare professionals needs improvement. Dr. Dana Edelson is featured discussing the programs the University of Chicago Hospital has initiated to improve CPR skill and performance.
Multi-National Attitudinal Survey On Cpr Reveals Cpr Performance Needs Improvement
11 December 2009, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT),
NAEMT posts information about the first-ever, multi-national attitudinal survey on CPR attitudes, quality and feedback.
Multi-National Attitudinal Survey On Cpr Reveals Cpr Performance Needs Improvement
11 December 2009, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
SCAF posts information about the first-ever, multi-national attitudinal survey on CPR attitudes, quality and feedback.
Panel: Cpr Performance Is Progressing, But More Needs To Be Done Multi-National
10 December 2009, Cardiovascular Business
Q&A of leading CPR experts discusses results of the multi-national attitudinal survey on CPR by healthcare professionals and what needs to be done to improve CPR skill and performance.
Group Warns CPR Performance Is Still Poor
By A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P, 27 November 2009, JEMS(Journal and Event Management System)
This past week, a new CPR Improvement Working Group, formed to help improve CPR skill performance, announced the results of the first-ever, multi-national attitudinal survey concerning the performance of CPR by healthcare professionals.
56-Year-Old Man Brought Back To Life After 47 Minutes, 4,500 Chest Compressions And 8 Zaps With Defibrillator
by Chris Wragge, 24 November 2009, CBS2
Staff At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Pulls Off True Medical Miracle
Study Shows Discrepancy Between CPR Provider Perception and Reality
by Shannon Eliot, 17 November 2009, EMS1
Only 29 percent of health care professionals receive regular feedback on CPR performance and less than half work for organizations that provide training beyond the minimum requirements, according to a new attitudinal survey on CPR.
Discrepancies exist between perception, reality of CPR performance among health care professionals
by Eric Raible, 17 November 2009, Cardiology Today
Although health care professionals have a favorable perception of their ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, research indicates improvement is needed.Differences in attitudes between the United States and European nations were also reported.
Minimal Training Saves Lives With Airway Mask, Study Finds
22 September 2009, ScienceDaily
Study in BMC Emergency Medicine finds that even minimal CPR training can make a difference in performance of first-responders.
New Ways to Survive Cardiac Arrest
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 20 September 2009, Parade
Article discussing the new advances made in saving hearts and the importance of effective and immediately administered CPR to heart attack victims.
Vigorous CPR Is Best for Cardiac Arrest: Study Shows Survival Rates Rise When More Chest Compressions Are Done
By Bill Hendrick, 16 September 2009, WebMD Health News
A new study proves that the most effective CPR technique is one with more chest pumps.
