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New CPR technique requires a "hands only" approach

Tuesday, May 30, 2017
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new heart campaign is showing the simple steps that could help save a life when someone goes into cardiac arrest.

The new initiative shows that when doing CPR, mouth-to-mouth is no longer needed.
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"The only thing that is required to save someone's life is to do hands only CPR," Dr. Holly Andersen said.

She said there are three steps to saving someone's life: check, call and compress.
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