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When is CPR used for emergency heart events?

Nicole Nelson
Nicole Nelson on behalf of Riverside Emergency and Trauma Center
Emergency Medicine
CPR is used when a person does not have a pulse (they do not have a blood pressure) and they are not responsive.

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