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The first cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction for health care professionals dates back to 1966 in the United States [1]. A resuscitation training program was introduced in Sweden by the Swedish Society of Cardiology in 1984. According to guidelines, all health care professionals should be able to perform basic life support, including defibrillation with a semiautomated external defibrillator [2-4]. The possibility to survive a cardiac arrest depends on how quick interventions are made from people around the patient [5].
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☆A preliminary report was presented as an abstract in Swedish language at the national meeting for Swedish Physicians in Stockholm in November 29, 2007.
