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Fewer cancer patients pick CPR after video demo

12/12/2012 majac Your Health Matters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dying cancer patients are less likely to want aggressive end-of-life care if they watch a short video about CPR than if they simply hear about it, according to a new study. “These are huge differences. You will die very differently if you watch the video than if you don’t,” said Dr. Angelo Volandes, the study’s lead author from Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital. “All these patients had a terminal condition. It’s not like there was another treatment they were trying…So (CPR) was prolonging the dying process,” he said. …

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CPR less likely for minorities on street or home

10/24/2012 majac Your Health Matters

People who collapse from cardiac arrest in poor black neighborhoods are half as likely to get CPR from family members at home or bystanders on the street as those in better-off white neighborhoods, according to a study that found the reasons go beyond race.

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Blacks Less Likely to Get Help on Scene After Cardiac Arrest: Study

05/11/2012 majac Your Health Matters

FRIDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans who suffer cardiac arrest in public places are less likely than whites to receive CPR and treatment with automated external defibrillators, a new study has found.

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Study Supports CPR Chest Compressions for Cardiac Arrest

04/02/2012 majac Your Health Matters

MONDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) — People in cardiac arrest who can’t be helped by a defibrillator are more apt to survive if they receive CPR in accordance with updated guidelines that stress chest compressions, a new study finds.

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Widespread CPR Training Could Boost Heart Attack Survival Rates

03/27/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) –Training more people to perform CPR would significantly improve heart attack survival rates, according to a new study in Denmark, where CPR training is widespread.

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Wanted: Library Branch Manager, Exercise Instructor, Bag Press Operator

10/26/2011 majac Exercise

6, 2011 Requirements: At least six months teaching in a group exercise format; group fitness certification by ACE, AFAA, ACSM; current CPR certification and basic first aid training. Instructors having a specialized skill such as Yoga, Pilates, …
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Longer CPR Backfires for Certain Heart Patients: Study (HealthDay)

08/31/2011 majac Heart Disease

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — More is not necessarily
better when paramedics give cardiac arrest patients CPR before
administering shocks to the heart, a new study finds.

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