Compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest victims results in a survival rate similar to that of traditional CPR with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, according to two new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"These studies reinforce the message that the American Heart Association has been promoting since 2008," said Dr. Michael Sayre, a professor of emergency medicine at Ohio State University and an association spokesperson. "When you encounter a person who has collapsed suddenly, the best thing to do is to call 9-1-1 and then push hard and fast on their chest. It's simple, and something anyone can do even if they don't have any training."
Given that mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing is more difficult to perform and that many people find it distasteful, "advocating continuous chest compression without ventilation by a bystander should increase the frequency of bystanders' effectively performing CPR and therefore increase the chances of survival after cardiac arrest," wrote Myron Weisfeldt, M.D., in an accompanying editorial.
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Video of comments by Dr. Michael Sayre
Dr. Sayre is a great You're the Cure advocate here in the Great Rivers Affiliate.
"These studies reinforce the message that the American Heart Association has been promoting since 2008," said Dr. Michael Sayre, a professor of emergency medicine at Ohio State University and an association spokesperson. "When you encounter a person who has collapsed suddenly, the best thing to do is to call 9-1-1 and then push hard and fast on their chest. It's simple, and something anyone can do even if they don't have any training."
Given that mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing is more difficult to perform and that many people find it distasteful, "advocating continuous chest compression without ventilation by a bystander should increase the frequency of bystanders' effectively performing CPR and therefore increase the chances of survival after cardiac arrest," wrote Myron Weisfeldt, M.D., in an accompanying editorial.
Coverage on ABC News
Video of comments by Dr. Michael Sayre
Dr. Sayre is a great You're the Cure advocate here in the Great Rivers Affiliate.
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