British Heart Foundation: Hands-only CPR - Hard, Fast & Effective
Grey London
Advertiser: British Heart FoundationBrand: British Heart FoundationCountry: United Kingdom
Objectives
Every year around 60,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital in the UK1. A cardiac arrest is a medical emergency when the heart stops pumping blood around the body. Only an average of 7% (4,200) survive to be discharged from hospital2. However, if someone can get the blood circulating again by carrying out chest compressions this can double survival rates3. This technique is officially known...