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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr) Defined
An emergency method of life-saving. Artificial respirations and chest compressions are used to restart the heart and lungs.
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Health officials urge safety after recent drownings
Published July 4, 2009, 10:46 pm, Plano Courier
With nearly 60 deaths so far in 2009, Texas is in danger of breaking the child drowning record. Half of the total accidental child drownings this year in Texas happened in June, the deadliest month for such deaths since the state began keeping track of them in 2005.
Survival rates for elderly patients receiving in-hospital resuscitation (CPR) did not improve from 1992 to 2005
Published July 2, 2009, 3:47 pm, UW News
A study of elderly patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in hospitals shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by CPR rose, and the proportion of patients who were successfully resuscitated and later discharged fell.
Few Survive Cardiac Arrest, Even With CPR
Published July 2, 2009, 3:00 pm, CBS News
Study: Odds of Survival After Hospital CPR Haven't Improved in More than a Decade
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
Published July 2, 2009, 12:22 pm, MedicineNet.com
Title: CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged Category: Health News Created: 7/2/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/2/2009
CPR on older hospitalized patients: survival rates remain low
Published July 2, 2009, 11:53 am, The Oregonian
Fewer than one in five hospital patients who undergo cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, leave the hospsital alive, and the survival rate has not budged in 15 years, a large Medicare study reports. The finding is based on a review of...
Few survive cardiac arrest even with hospital CPR
Published July 2, 2009, 9:25 am, CTV Toronto
A large analysis finds few seniors in cardiac arrest survive even when given CPR by a trained health professional and those survival rates have not improved much in a decade.
Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End
Published July 2, 2009, 12:21 am, MedicineNet.com
Title: Even After Death, Heart Attack Treatment May Not End Category: Health News Created: 7/1/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/1/2009
CPR survival rates for older people unchanged
Published July 1, 2009, 2:52 pm, ABC 7 El Paso
Despite efforts to fine-tune the procedure for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, the survival rate for older people given CPR has not changed much in recent decades, new research has found.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Epidemiologic Study of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Elderly
Published July 1, 2009, 2:47 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
In this longitudinal study of hospitalized Medicare patients, there was no improvement in survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the period from 1992 through 2005. The overall rate of survival to discharge of patients who underwent in-hospital CPR was 18.3%. Survival after CPR was lower among black patients than among white patients.
CPR Survival Rates for Older People Unchanged
Published July 1, 2009, 2:30 pm, Forbes
Lack of improvement in death rates, experts say, may be because recipients are sicker
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