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Cardiac arrest in space: Research shows that automatic chest compressions are more effective for CPR

"We tested different ways of giving chest compressions aboard a 'flying laboratory' which recreated the microgravity conditions that astronauts experience in space. Use of a particular type of ...
Business Wire

Large Randomized Trial: LUCAS Chest Compression System is Effective and Reliable in Pre-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physio-Control, Inc., the world’s leading provider of professional emergency response solutions, announced today that the main results of the large randomized LINC ...
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Cardiac arrest in space: New research shows that automatic chest compressions are more effective for CPR when both rescuer and patient are floating in microgravity

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...
Medscape

CPR in Space: Bear Hugs and Handstands

If an astronaut suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in space, could their life be saved? The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Society for Aerospace Medicine have plans in ...