Kids save lives – Training school children in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide is now endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Febrero 2016
Billions of Euros, Dollars and other currencies are invested in an attempt to reduce deaths from road traf?c crashes, yet there are 20 times more deaths following unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resus-citation (CPR). Nevertheless, the amount of money that is spent on research, prevention and treatment of sudden cardiac death and CPR is very limited. There is also considerably less money spent on CPR research in comparison with that invested in diseases such as cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure. Less than one out of 10 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survive in good condition…
