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Comment
. 2021 May:162:312-313.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.03.031. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Decreased pre-EMS CPR during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Aditya C Shekhar  1 , Teri Campbell  2 , Ira Blumen  2
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Decreased pre-EMS CPR during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Aditya C Shekhar et al. Resuscitation. 2021 May.
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Fig. 1
Shows the significant reductions in rates of pre-EMS CPR when comparing March through August in 2019 and 2020. Months during non-pandemic times (2019) were associated with fewer cardiac arrests and, more importantly, significantly higher rates of pre-EMS CPR (p < 0.001).
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