Mark Steven Link, MD

All posts by Mark Steven Link, MD

August 27th, 2010

Compression-Only CPR: It May Help Bystanders Breathe Easier

A recent randomized, controlled study in the NEJM showed that patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received compression-only CPR or traditional CPR had similar 30-day survival rates. CardioExchange asks Dr. Mark Link, a cardiac electrophysiologist and member of the American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Committee, to answer our questions about compression-only vs. traditional CPR. […]