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Using alternative CPR techinque for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent

A study published Online First and in an upcoming Lancet shows that active compression-decompression cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure should be ...
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New CPR technique for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent

A study led by Dr. Tom P. Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, shows an alternative method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation increases long-term survival ...
Business Wire

First and Only CPR Device Indicated to Improve Survival from Cardiac Arrest Now Available Nationwide and Already Saving Lives

CHELMSFORD, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZOLL ® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that its new ResQCPR ™ ...
Ohsonline.com

FDA Approves CPR System

Made by Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc., a division of ZOLL Medical, the ResQCPR System consists of two devices that are used together to assist in performing CPR on adult patients with ...
Business Wire

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Devices Market 2019-2023 | 11% CAGR Projection over the Next Five Years | Technavio

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Technavio Research Report "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Devices Market by type (mechanical piston devices, active compression-decompression devices, ...
Medscape

Resuscitation More Likely With Faster Time to Head-Up CPR

A preliminary study of adults who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that included the use of a device to elevate the head and thorax ...
Medscape

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Approval of New CPR System

GAITHERSBURG, MD — Members of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel voted in favor of approving the ResQCPR System (Advanced Circulatory Systems, Roseville, ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Approves New CPR System to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the ResQCPR System (Advance Circulatory Systems, Inc.), which is comprised of two devices for first responders to use while performing ...
Nature

Assisted CPR improves outcomes

Manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is inherently inefficient. Alternative techniques are compression–decompression CPR, which improves forward blood flow on compression and returns the chest ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR

During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the interruption of manual chest compressions for rescue breathing reduces blood flow and possibly survival.
Medical Xpress

Compression-only CPR increases survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander CPR nearly doubled; compression-only (or Hands-Only CPR) increased six-fold over an 18 year period; and the chance of ...