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Cure Research for Cardiac arrest

Cure Research list for Cardiac arrest:

The list of research areas and treatments under analysis mentioned in various sources for Cardiac arrest includes:

Latest Treatments for Cardiac arrest

Some of the more recent treatments for Cardiac arrest include:

Treatments for Cardiac arrest

Treatments to consider for Cardiac arrest may include:

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Cardiac arrest

Hands only CPR: The American Heart Association says that if an adult suddenly collapses chest compressions (Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) alone may save his/her life. Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Hands-Only CPR) is useful for people who are not trained in conventional CPR [consisting of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing] or those who do not feel confident enough to carry out conventional CPR. Statistics confirm that 310,000 adults die annually from sudden cardiac arrest which happened outside an emergency department or a hospital setting in the US alone. If a bystander does not assist with effective CPR in such cases the person's chances of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest drops by 7% to 10% per minute. Unfortunately less than one third of these people who suffer a cardiac arrest receive CPR from a bystander. According to the American Heart Association, bystander CPR can double or triple the patient’s chances of surviving cardiac arrest. Based on evidence published from three separate large studies in 2007, each describing the outcomes of hundreds of instances of bystanders performing CPR on cardiac arrest victims American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC puts Hands-Only CPR on par with conventional CPR when used for an adult who has suddenly collapsed. although the American Heart Association clarifies taht conventional CPR should be given by medical and trained personnel and hands only CPR applies just to bystanders who are helping a cardiac arrest victim outside the hospital setting. Also Hands- only CPR should not be used for infants or children and for adults whose cardiac arrest is from respiratory causes( like drug over dose or near - drowning).