Timing resuscitation compressions using the song ‘La Macarena’ or using a smartphone app improve compression quality
New research presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be improved by using either a smartphone app or by using the song “La Macarena” as a mental memory aid.
Sixth-graders can learn, perform Hands-Only CPR
Students as young as sixth-graders can learn and perform CPR effectively and should be targeted for training, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.
The Wrong First Step to Revive Athletes in Cardiac Arrest
New research presented in HeartRhythm, suggests that the main obstacle to an appropriate bystander response during athletes’ cardiac arrest could be an apparently widespread myth: that “tongue swallowing” is a common complication of sudden loss of consciousness that must be avoided or relieved at all…