A Comparison of Standard Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Active Compression–Decompression Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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- 19 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (8) , 569-575
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199908193410804
Abstract
We previously observed that short-term survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was greater with active compression–decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than with standard CPR. In the current study, we assessed the effects of the active compression–decompression method on one-year survival.Keywords
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