Sentences with phrase «first chest compression»

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Researchers found that implementing a bundle of care — including a special guideline - based protocol, TCPR training and quality improvement — resulted in gains in several areas, including a reduction in the time to first bystander chest compression (from 256 to 212 seconds), an increase in TCPR rates (from 44 percent to 53 percent) and most importantly an increase in survival to hospital discharge (from 9 percent to 12 percent) and in favorable functional outcomes (from 5.6 percent to 8.3 percent).