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  • April 2008
  • February 2008
    • Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

      Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

      (Newser) - A medical student sprang into action when she spotted a tiger cub choking on a piece of meat at a German zoo—and gave the animal mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as Der Speigel reports, "mouth-to-muzzle" CPR. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a sudden he couldn't breathe and lost consciousness," said the student, a 24-year-old mom visiting the zoo with her own baby. More »

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      zoo   zookeeper   tiger   CPR   mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

  • January 2008
    • Heart Assn. Wants You to Learn CPR

      Heart Assn. Wants You to Learn CPR

      (Newser) - Spurred by the "woefully inadequate" number of cardiac arrest victims who receive CPR from a bystander—only 15% to 30%—the American Heart Association is calling for a push to increase and improve CPR training in the US, Reuters reports. The low CPR rate is an “enormous missed opportunity to save lives,” said an AHA doctor. More »

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      heart attack   heart   American Heart Association   cardiac arrest   CPR

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