ResQPod, ResQPump: New devices to aid cardiac arrest patients
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- When someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, their chances of survival are less than 10%, however, if being treated with two new devices instead of traditional CPR alone, they have a 53% better chance of survival. In a study published in The Lancet, Dr. Tom Aufderheide describes the devices and their results in field trials.