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Friday, April 9, 1999 
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Ramsey receives 1999 Hubbard Award
The National Board of Medical Examiners has presented Paul G.
Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the
School of Medicine, with the 1999 Hubbard Award. Ramsey
received the award March 26 at the annual meeting of the
National Board.
Performing 90 seconds of CPR on cardiac arrest victims before
shocking their hearts with automatic external defibrillators
improves their chances of survival, according to a
study published in the April 7 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA).
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CLINICAL NEWS REGIONAL NEWS STUDENTS RESEARCH EDUCATION AWARDS DEAN'S MESSAGES ITEM FROM THE ARCHIVE BOOKSHELF Briefly CPR on the Web An animated Web site that teaches the basics of CPR and other life-saving skills has been created by UW emergency physician Mickey Eisenberg and his son David Eisenberg. For more than 25 years, Mickey Eisenberg has been an international leader in encouraging everyone to obtain CPR training. The instructional site receives more than 1,000 hits a day and was favorably reviewed by Net News Today. |
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