Center for Resuscitation Science

News

CPR guidelines updated to "hands-only." Dr. Abella discusses the American Heart Association's updated CPR guidelines in the Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 2010.

Cooling therapy has chilling effect on heart attack deaths: Read about one survivor's story and how CRS and therapeutic hypothermia helped save his life. From MSNBC.com, August 31, 2010.

Learn how YOU can save a life: An easy two-minute CPR lession on CNN.com featuring MD/RN from the Center. July 28, 2010.

For young mom, new CPR beat back death: Read the story on CNN. October 14, 2009.

Cheating Death: Back from the Dead: See the clip from the hour long special featuring MDs from the Center. October 13, 2009.

Health: Man Meets Those Who Saved His Life: Read the article on local Philadelphia (CBS 3). June 2, 2009.

The cooling cure: Read it on Macleans.ca. August 27, 2009

The New CPR Rule That Saves Lives: Read it on Prevention.com. May 12, 2009.

Freezing the Heart to Save the Life: See the recent Popular Science article profiling the work of the Dr. Lance Becker, Dr. Benjamin Abella, and the Center for Resuscitation Science.January 27, 2009.

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: See NBC's Tom Brokaw deliver the Public Service Announcement.

Moment of Death: Dr. Lance Becker and Dr. Benjamin Abella discuss post-resuscitation care and therapeutic hypothermia on the National Geographic Channel.

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.

To Treat the Dead: The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks - and death itself. Newsweek. May 7, 2007.

The New Science of Saving Lives: Nationally Renowned Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Specialist Lance Becker, MD, Named Director of Penn’s Center for Resuscitation Science; Extending Resuscitation Window and Rapid Cooling Focus of Work. April 2, 2007.

Other Links

Hands Only CPR: Click here for more information

February is American Heart Month: See the American Heart Association's website for more details.

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