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Hospitals that Make Longer Attempts at Resuscitation Have Higher Survival Rates

Hospitals that continue CPR longer have better survival rates from cardiac arrests, according to a study published online Sept. 5 in The Lancet. The findings challenge the assumption that, if a pulse is not restored soon, continuing resuscitation efforts is futile.

The results also showed that patients who recovered after an extended CPR effort were no more likely to suffer brain damage than are patients revived after a shorter effort. (more…)

Video Games Can Teach How To Shoot Guns More Accurately And Aim For The Head

By Guest PostMay 1, 2012General, Technology9mm, anders behring breivik, brad bushman, bullet, factor, gun, head shots, human target, jodi whitaker, mannequin, modern warfare 2, mw2, nonviolent, norwegian man, pistol, real world, semi automatic pistol, shooting accuracy, video game, violent crimes, violent shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Just 20 minutes of playing a violent shooting video game made players more accurate when firing a realistic gun at a mannequin – and more likely to aim for and hit the head, a new study found.

Players who used a pistol-shaped controller in a shooting video game with human targets had 99 percent more completed head shots to the mannequin than did participants who played other video games, as well as 33 percent more shots that hit other parts of the body. (more…)

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Hospitals that Make Longer Attempts at Resuscitation Have Higher Survival Rates

Video Games Can Teach How To Shoot Guns More Accurately And Aim For The Head