Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)'s an emergency medical procedure for a victim of cardiac arrest or, in some circumstances, respiratory arrest. CPR's performed in hospitals, or in the community by laypersons or by emergency response professionals. For 50 years CPR has consisted of the combination of artificial blood circulation with artificial respiration However, in March 2008 the American Heart Association and the European Resuscitation Council, in a reversal of policy, endorsed the effect… (
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