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Study Data from Hallym University Update Understanding of Emergency Treatment

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 19th, 2012

2012 FEB 19 -- According to the authors of recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Skills related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use by lay responders decay rapidly after training, and efforts are required to maintain competence among trainees. We examined whether repeated viewing of a reminder video on a mobile phone would be an effective means of maintaining CPR and AED skills in lay responders."

"In a single-blind case-control study, 75 male students received training in CPR and AED use. They were allocated either to the control or to the video-reminded group, who received a memory card containing a...

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