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‘Alexa, are you listening?’ An experimental tool warns of cardiac arrest by monitoring breathing

Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept tool that would allow smartphones or devices like Amazon's Alexa to detect gasps people make after cardiac arrest.
Source: Jeff Chiu/AP

When someone’s heart stops beating, there is little time to waste. Half of the people hit by cardiac arrest are outside a hospital, and more than 90% of them die unless they are lucky enough to be near a bystander who can start CPR or call 911.

What if the bystander was

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