The American Heart Association Issues a New Order for CPR, Spelled C-A-B

The American Heart Association is “re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Recommending that chest compressions be the first step for lay and professional rescuers to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest,…