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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Io Dodds

CPR guidance changed over Omicron concerns despite soaring deaths from cardiac arrests

Jeffrey Becker/USA TODAY Sports

The American Heart Association (AHA) has told medics to mask up before giving CPR to people with Covid-19 despite a "dramatic" drop in heart attack survival rates.

In a bulletin published in the medical journal Circulation on Monday, researchers from the AHA tightened their stance on personal protective equipment (PPE) during heart resuscitation while implicitly acknowledging that this might lead to more patient deaths.

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