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CPR: A pair of hands aren’t enough

CPR: A pair of hands aren’t enough

CPR: A Pair of Hands Aren’t Enough: You Also Need a Heart and a Brain “Anyone, anywhere, can now initiate cardiac resuscitation procedures. All that is needed are two hands.” [Kouwenhoven WB, Jude J, Knickerbocker G. Closed chest cardiac massage. JAMA 1960;173:1064–7. Sudden Cardiac Arrest Figure 1: Mortality from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in 2004 [...]