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9-year-old boy in South Korea performs CPR to save his mother • Mar. 10, 2025, 10:25 AM ET (Straits Times)
Researchers call for end to futile CPR • Feb. 27, 2025, 12:11 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Community event highlights need to learn lifesaving CPR, AED use • Feb. 26, 2025, 11:55 AM ET (The Star)
Fundraising CPR marathon to be held at University of Worcester • Feb. 23, 2025, 3:22 AM ET (BBC)
I saved a life in the morning and returned to work that afternoon • Feb. 15, 2025, 9:16 PM ET (BBC)

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