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Cardiac arrest - out of hospital care - Management
Basis for recommendation
These recommendations are based on guidelines from the Resuscitation Council (UK) [Resuscitation Council, 2005].
- The Resuscitation Council (UK) recognizes that delivering chest compressions is tiring and recommends that, where more than one rescuer is present, another should take over the compressions (with a minimum of delay) about every 2 minutes to prevent fatigue and maintain quality.
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