In-hospital CPR: Performing it Better but Less Often

CPR Training for Nurses: How often Is It Necessary?

BACKGROUND The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent, prepared and up-to-date in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses acquire and retain CPR cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills following CPR training courses. METHODS A quasi-...

It’s Often Better to Eradicate, but Can We Eradicate Better?

Invasive species eradications have achieved important conservation gains the world over. Growing numbers of eradications take place, however, in complex and highly altered ecosystems with high risks of unexpected ecological effects. Ecosystems that contain multiple invaders, have lost one or more native species along with their functional roles, or have undergone long-term change to soil and ot...

cpr training for nurses: how often is it necessary?

Out-of-hospital CPR: better outcome for our patients

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in developed countries and early resuscitation attempts are crucial to improve survival rates and neurological outcome. Gräsner and colleagues performed an intriguing analysis on the combined approach of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) and immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for post-resuscitation care of 584 patients ...

An innovation , but is it better ? Andrew

In this study, Sandrio et al. [1] describe their experience with an intraluminal band placed in the main pulmonary artery (PA) in 32 patients over an 8-year period, and advocate its use as optimal palliation for children requiring control of excessive pulmonary artery flow. The technique in itself is not new; Piluiko et al. [2] and Locker et al. [3] both described an identical procedure to the ...