Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, as well as the Chair of the Resuscitation Council UK, an Editor for Resuscitation and a Task-force Co-chair for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.
Despite much media hype, compression-only CPR is only effective for short periods in individuals who suffer a sudden primary cardiac arrest. Recent studies suggest conventional CPR has better overall...