NewsLocale - CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack

NewsLocale - CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack: "CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth More Effective in Sudden Heart Attack PDF Print E-mail

Written by Therasa Maher
Friday, 16 March 2007
A patient who suffers a sudden heart attack may be better off if the subsequent cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts do not include mouth-to-mouth ventilations, a new Japanese study suggests. Current guidelines say that CPR must include 30 chest compressions followed by two mouth-to-mouth ventilations."