In a 12-month prospective survey of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), 32 out of 192 patients (16.6%) survived to go home. This is a clear improvement compared with 7 years previously. This is attributed to better training in the use and management of CPR and more widespread availability of defibrillators. Certain patients could not be resuscitated--those with electromechanical dissociation, ...

Several new CPR techniques and devices have been developed and tested since the first report of manual closed-chested cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) nearly four decades ago. These devices and techniques include vest CPR, interposed abdominal counterpulation CPR, active compression-decompression CPR, an impedance threshold valve, intra-aortic balloon pump and phased thoracic-abdominal count...

The resuscitation status of oncology patients plays an essential part patients' care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local Guy's and St Thomas’ National Institute for Health Care Excellence guidelines advise cardiopulmonary (CPR) in adult inpatients with COVID

The use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is controversial. Recently allegations of age discrimination have been made. Revised guidance from the British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing and the Resuscitation Council (UK) provides valuable help, including implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. Patients do not have rights to...

Background: Sudden cardiac death is a principal cause of for millions people yearly worldwide. The survival chances an out arrest are significantly increased by the provision prompt and effective bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
 Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 61 respondents in PHALGA. SPSS version 2.0 used data analysis.
 Results: F...

OBJECTIVE This investigation compared the effects of conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using an automated Thumper chest compression device to periodic acceleration CPR (pGz-CPR) on early post-resuscitation ventricular function assessed by echocardiography, in an adult pig model of CPR. BACKGROUND Whole body periodic acceleration along the spinal axis (pGz) is a new method of ca...

BACKGROUND The criteria for refraining from cardiopulmonary resuscitation in palliative care cancer patients are based on patients' right to refuse treatment and the duty of the treating personnel not to exacerbate their suffering and not to administer futile treatment. When is cardiopulmonary resuscitation futile in these patients? METHOD Systematic literature searches were conducted in PubM...

There is now increased public awareness of the value and role of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It is therefore not surprising that the public expects a reasonable level of expertise of medical doctors in the application of the CPR techniques during emergency situations. Newly qualified doctors often lack confidence and are usually at a loss when faced with such situations as they have ne...

BACKGROUND New resuscitation guidelines that were proposed by the European Resuscitation Council in 2010 have introduced a new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by chest compressions only for untrained individuals. OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to evaluate differences in attitudes towards CPR among medical doctors, surgeons and anesthesiologists in Osijek University Hospital....