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Compressions in their relation to Creation, 748-l.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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Compressions delivered too high on the chest can fracture ribs, making CPR less effective, while those given too low on the chest can damage the liver.
News 2011
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Nature would not have made the Body so proper for it, by giving such an Activity to the Limbs, and such a Pliancy to every part as necessarily produce those Compressions, Extentions, Contortions,
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Activity to the Limbs, and such a Pliancy to every Part as necessarily produce those Compressions, Extentions, Contortions, Dilatations, and all other kinds of [Motions [1]] that are necessary for the Preservation of such a System of Tubes and Glands as has been before mentioned.
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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Each participant will be taught how to prevent choking, use of an automatic external defibrillator and the ABCs of CPR: Airway, Breathing and Compressions.
WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News 2010
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Compressions need to be forceful and deep - for adults, at least five centimetres into the chest, "or the height of your pinky finger" - and about four centimetres for children and infants.
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Constant Compressions Critical To CPR (Feb. 10, 2009) - Interrupting chest compressions during resuscitation reduces the chances of heartbeat return after defibrillation.
unknown title 2009
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Cardiac Arrest: Chest Compressions Alone Work Better, Studies Suggest (Jan. 4, 2008) - Two large-scale studies report that the chances of surviving cardiac arrest are no better -- and may be worse -- when bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth breathing than if they press on the chest ... > read more
unknown title 2009
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More Chest Compressions During CPR Mean More Saved Lives arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study reported in
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Everest Kanto Cylinder has completed the acquisition of a majority stake of 72. 65\% in Calcutta Compressions and Liquefaction Engineering for a consideration of Rs 24 million.
News Centre@myiris.com India's Most Comprehensive Financial Destination 2009
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