Neighborhoods matter: who gets CPR?
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...subway by the religiouscult Aum Shinrikyo, and the arrests of U.S. citizens for obtaining biologicalagents that could have been used in an attack have heightened public awarenessof the threat. The study was funded by the Office of Emergency Preparedness of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services. T..."Happy Hour" Is Unhappy For Many Cardiac Arrest Victims
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(Cardiac arrests outside hospital - Survival could be improved by better public awareness of symptoms) Click below to download PDF document You will require Acrobat Reader to view file. Click here for PDF document In a related editorial in this week's BMJ, Evans ...