ResQCPR System Approved by FDA. First and only CPR adjunct ever approved.

Keith Lurie and his colleagues have spent over 25 years trying to improve outcomes in cardiac arrest.  I know him personally.  He is very smart and very hard working, and has impeccable integrity.   He is more committed to saving lives than anyone I know.I asked Dr. Lurie to tell us about this device he has worked on for so long and which has finally been FDA approved.I do not promote any commercial products on my site, nor have any advertisements. I am promoting this because it saves lives.We have been using the inspiratory threshold device for years in our ED and all over Minnesota, where we have the highest cardiac arrest survival rates in the country, according to the CARES Registry.Keith developed the system and founded Advanced Circulatory Systems, the manufacturer and marketer.  Advanced Circulatory Systems was recently bought by Zoll.ResQCPR SystemThe ResQCPR System was approved by the FDA on Friday March 7, 2015. The ResQCPR System is a combination of the ResQPUMP, a manual active compression decompression (ACD) CPR device, and the ResQPOD, an impedance threshold device  (ITD). It is the first and only CPR adjunct the FDA has ever approved to increase the likelihood of survival after non-traumatic cardiac arrest. ZOLL Medical is the manufacturer of this new device (http://www.advancedcirculatory.com/resqcpr-system/).  The ResQCPR System was approved based upon clinical data from a clinical trial called the ResQTRIAL, publis...
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