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CPR: more chest compressions best

16/9/2009

You may actually do a better job of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if you do less mouth-to-mouth, according to a new study.

 
 
 

Sea worm glue for fractures

18/8/2009

The natural glue a sea creature uses to build its home has offered scientists a new way to repair bones shattered in car crashes and other accidents.

 
 
 

Paramedic students save teen

28/7/2009

Paramedic students from a university in the Western Cape saved a fellow student after he went into cardiac arrest while exercising on the campus earlier this morning.

 
 
 

Drowning figures double

11/2/2009

Heavy summer rains and soaring temperatures are taking their toll in many parts of the country and paramedics warn that the number of reported drownings in Jo'burg doubled.

 
 
 

Bee Gees song could save your life

17/10/2008

US doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim.

 
 
 

Mouth-to-mouth no help?

20/3/2007

Adding mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to chest compression hurt, rather than helped, the survival of people who suffered cardiac arrest, a Japanese study found.

 
 
 
 

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