When somebody's heart stops, and they are away from a hospital in a public place, two or more bystanders who apply CPR or apply CPR and help are better than just one, researchers from Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, reported in the journal Resuscitation. The authors added that most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the victim's home, and their rescuers tend to be family members. Unfortunately, the survival advantage to having more than one rescuer only applies to public places, and not cardiac arrests suffered at home...

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