Improving bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Current Opinion in Critical CarePublished 15 April 2011
Steven M. Bradley, Thomas D. Rea
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Recent developments in bystander CPR have simplified arrest recognition and improved CPR training, while retaining CPR effectiveness, and the goal is to increase and improve bystanders' CPR and in turn improve resuscitation.
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Recent developments in bystander CPR have simplified arrest recognition and improved CPR training, while retaining CPR effectiveness. The goal of these developments is to increase and improve bystander CPR and in turn improve resuscitation.
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