The new European Resuscitation Council (ERC) guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) published on October 18th, 2010, replace those published in 2005 and are based on the latest International Consensus on CPR Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR). For both adult and pediatric resuscitation, the most important general changes include: the introduction of chest compression-onl...

Simultaneous Fick and saline dilution methods were compared for measuring cardiac output during experimental cardiac arrest and resuscitation in anesthetized dogs. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) cardiac output averaged 53 ± 30 ml/min-kg (42% of prearrest values). Values obtained using the Fick vs. saline methods were highly correlated (r = 0.96), and were not statistically different...

The following guidelines for resuscitation at birth have been eveloped during the process that culminated in the 2010 Interational Consensus Conference on Emergency Cardiovascular Care ECC) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Science with reatment Recommendations.1,2 They are an extension of the uidelines already published by the ERC3 and take into account ecommendationsmade by other nation...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine the magnitude and mechanisms of hemodynamic improvement of an automated, load-distributing band device (AutoPulse, Revivant Corp., Sunnyvale, California) compared with conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C-CPR). BACKGROUND Improved blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) enhances survival from cardiac arrest. METHODS A...

Abstract Background Citizen responder programmes dispatch volunteer citizens to initiate resuscitation in nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) before the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrival. Little is known about interaction between citizen responders and EMS personnel during attempt. In Capital Region of Denmark, emergency physicians are dispatched all suspected OHCAs. The aim th...

Introduction: There is limited data on paediatric resuscitation outcomes in Asia. We aimed to describe outcomes of paediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) and peri-resuscitation factors associated with mortality in our institution. Materials and Methods: Using data from our hospital's code registry from 2009 to 2014, we analysed all patients younger than 18 years of age with IHCA who requ...

We present optimal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) technique based on body weight using optimal control theory. The validated blood circulation model of CPR has been modified for various body weights by the scaling law. The external chest and abdomen pressures are chosen as controls and the goal is to maximize the mean systemic perfusion pressure (SPP). The numerical results show that four ...