Heart Arrest Resuscitation Rules May Miss People Likely to Survive: Study

An investigation shows that current rules regarding resuscitation could lead to patients who could survive cardiac arrest being missed.

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First responders are tasked with doing everything in their power to save people’s lives. Unfortunately, they must sometimes make the challenging decision to stop resuscitation.

However, a new study suggests that the current guidelines for stopping resuscitation in cardiac arrest victims don’t have enough evidence to distinguish who will survive and who won’t.