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CPR-Therapeutics, Inc. Names Mike Black as Chief Strategy Officer

DAIC

Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of sudden death worldwide and there are currently no devices more effective than manual chest compressions. Intact survival after cardiac arrest is below 10% in most communities. ACSI), one of the few start-ups to innovate significantly in CPR.

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Volunteer responder systems significantly increase the proportion of bystander CPR and defibrillation.

Heart 2023 Conference

Using automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as soon as possible increases a person's chance of surviving a cardiac arrest. After meeting the exclusion criteria, more than 9,500 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included in the study cohort. versus 4.6%