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To the Editor: Hallstrom et al. (May 25 issue)¹ report that survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was similar whether untrained bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by chest compression alone or by chest compression and mouth-to-mouth ventilation. We are concerned about whether the results of a trial performed in the unique setting of Seattle can be applied to much of the rest of the world and whether the outcomes elsewhere can be expected to be similar. For example, how would CPR by chest compression alone fare if the mean first-unit response interval was not four minutes, as in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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