Dr. Ahamed Idris

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  www.kta-hike.org/Newsletters/2006Sp/index.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2006    Last Visited: 8/28/2007  

  Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, found that people who took the short course did as well or better than those who received the standard training.

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  Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine and a pioneer in resuscitation research and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), is the principal investigator for the Dallas Center for Resuscitation Research.
  
  "This NIH designation not only is a great honor that places the Dallas area on the cutting-edge of life-saving research," said Dr. Idris, "but it also will immediately benefit our citizens because of the additional support, training, equipment and focus that this federal initiative will bring to the Dallas area."
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  The ultimate success of the Dallas Center for Resuscitation Research, Dr. Idris said, will depend on the interdependent participation of an array of Dallas area health-care institutions and public safety agencies, including more than 30 area hospitals and more than a dozen municipal EMS programs.

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  Published on: 2/24/2008    Last Visited: 3/20/2008  

  Ahamed H. Idris, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland

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  www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/usmc-sf3072507. - [Cached Version]
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  Dr. Lynn Roppolo (right), assistant professor of emergency medicine, and Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine, were part of a group of researchers who have found that a user-friendly, ...
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  Other UT Southwestern researchers contributing to the study included Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine, and Dr. Ronna Miller, assistant professor of emergency medicine.

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  Published on: 10/24/2004    Last Visited: 11/14/2005  

  The study, led by Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, found that just five minutes of training on defibrillator use and 20 minutes of instruction in CPR was as effective as the standard four-hour course.
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  Idris said it makes sense that the shorter course was just as memorable: "The more you have to remember, the more likely you are to forget," he said.
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  "It's very difficult for a company to release their employees for four hours to take a CPR course," Idris said.
  
  The study was funded by Laerdal Medical, maker of the training DVD, the heart association, and device maker Philips Medical.

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  Published on: 11/29/2005    Last Visited: 11/30/2005  

  The new guidelines provide an opportunity for those who have taken CPR in the past to take a refresher course, said Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of surgery and medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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  ABC News: Research Shows 20-Minute CPR Class Works - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/13/2005    Last Visited: 11/13/2005  

  The study, led by Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, found that just five minutes of training on defibrillator use and 20 minutes of instruction in CPR was as effective as the standard four-hour course.
  
  Idris said it makes sense that the shorter course was just as memorable: "The more you have to remember, the more likely you are to forget," he said.

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  Published on: 11/14/2005    Last Visited: 11/14/2005  

  Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, led the study.

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  The new guidelines provide an opportunity for those who have taken CPR in the past to take a refresher course, said Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of surgery and medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  
  "I think it's a good idea for people to take CPR lessons at least every couple of years," said Idris, also involved in creating the guidelines.He led a study presented at the American Heart Association meeting earlier this month that showed CPR could be effectively taught in little more than 20 minutes.

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  Chron.com | Simpler guidelines to make CPR 'more... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/29/2005    Last Visited: 11/29/2005  

  "These new guidelines should result in more effective blood flow and greater survival rates for people in cardiac arrest," said Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of surgery and medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, who helped draft the revised procedures.
  
  Idris said the changes should make it easier to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
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  Earlier this month, Idris presented research in Dallas that CPR, with the streamlined procedures, effectively can be taught in a little more than 20 minutes.
  
  About 9 million Americans are trained in CPR each year.

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