title: Bystander CPR and survival.
abstract: Despite years of medical advances, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remains the most important factor in the saving of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims. However, the prevalence of bystander CPR remains low. New international recommendations, which aim to increase bystander CPR prevalence, allow for hands-only CPR under certain circumstances. More should be done to increase the awareness and training of CPR in Singapore as well as encourage the public to perform bystander CPR.
authors: Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074. benjamin_sh_leong@nuhs.edu.sg
authors: B S H
authors: BS
authors: Leong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012846:Singapore; D013534:Survival