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My Heart Map Challenge

Published on July 19, 2011 By cprguy

Just this morning I was alerted to a great local challenge. It is called the My Heart Map Challenge and you can learn more about it here http://www.med.upenn.edu/myheartmap/aed.html. Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading killer in the US. The numbers are staggering. Many of these victims can be saved with early defibrillation through the use [...]

Compressions-Only CPR

Published on November 5, 2010 By cprguy

For months now I have been getting questions about this “no breathing in CPR” thing. The American Heart Association did release instructions on what they are calling hands-only CPR. You can see what it’s all about at   http://handsonlycpr.org/ . Essentially there are 2 steps when you have an unresponsive adult that has suddenly collapsed: 1) [...]