High-dose HBO2 Therapy Extends Survival Window After Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Study Suggests
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
A new study has major implications for the No. 1 cause of death of Americans -- sudden cardiac arrest. To resuscitate any living organism after 25 minutes of heart stoppage at room temperature has never been reported and suggests that the time to successful resuscitation in humans may be extended beyond the stubborn figure of 16 minutes that has stood for 50 years.