AHA’S UPDATED CPR GUIDELINES EMPHASIZE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL RECOVERY

In all, the 2020 guidelines update makes 491 recommendations about adult, pediatric and neonatal CPR life support and resuscitation. Recovery is now a critical link in the “chain of survival” — a series of actions that include calling 911, performing CPR and using an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to restore a normal heartbeat by sending an electric shock to the heart.

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