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  • Heart plungers keep air flowing better during CPR

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    The ResQPump works like a toilet plunger, but while decompressing it can draw air back into the lungs. The ResQPOD, cleared by the FDA in 2003, regulates airflow by creating suction in the chest, which draws blood up into the brain. A study led by Tom Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at the Medical College…