Center for Resuscitation Science

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Meet Bill Clinton's travel doctor, a HUP emergency medicine physisician: CRS/Emergency Medicine faculty member Dr. Roger Band shares his experiences traveling with Bill Clinton as the former president's personal physician. Philly News (philly.com) March 24, 2008

Teach more Americans CPR, heart group urges: Only 15 to 30 percent of those who need it get help from bystanders. CRS clinical research director Dr. Benjamin Abella talks about the importance of quality bystander CPR. MSNBC.com January 15, 2008 .

Back from the Dead: Doctors are reinventing how they treat sudden cardiac arrest, which is fatal 95 percent of the time. A report from the border between life and death. Newsweek July 15, 2007

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The University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine's Center for Resuscitation Science is dedicated to research and training that will save lives of people who suffer cardiac arrest and shock.

To accomplish this mission, we have brought together a diverse team of scientists, clinicians, and engineers focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of death and reanimation in an environment designed to catalyze translation of new discoveries into optimized patient care.

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“...dedicated to research and training that will save lives from sudden death.”