When you stop compressions, blood flow stops. You have to make up for that lost ground. We think that the fewer the interruptions, the better for blood flow.
We did have evidence from real life resuscitations with skilled health care providers that compressions were being interrupted so frequently for legitimate medical treatment.
He just had a love of the care of children and families and the exploration and application of new research.
We've got our work cut out for us to make sure CPR is done better.
The bottom line is, We think more people need to learn CPR. We have more and more evidence that good CPR works. We're doing our best to increase the number of bystanders that learn CPR.
If there is a bystander who recognizes the emergency and is ready, willing and able to act, they can double or triple survival rates if they begin immediate CPR.