The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Physicians, the Intensive Care Society and the Resuscitation Council (UK) have published new resuscitation standards. The document provides advice to UK healthcare organisations, resuscitation committees and resuscitation officers on all aspects of the resuscitation service. It includes sections on resuscitation training, resuscitation eq...

AIM OF THE STUDY The helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) was introduced in Japan in 2001, and some cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) patients are transported using this service. However, it is difficult to maintain continuous and effective manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in flying helicopters. To overcome this problem, the AutoPulse™ system, automated mechanical CPR devices, was i...

These European Resuscitation Council education guidelines, are based on the 2020 International Consensus Cardiopulmonary Science with Treatment Recommendations. This section provides guidance to citizens and healthcare professionals regard teaching learning knowledge, skills attitudes of resuscitation ultimate aim improving patient survival after cardiac arrest.

In this article we review the evidence supporting the clinical application of adrenaline in cardiopulmonary arrest, and summarize the receptor effects of catecholamines and the basic principles producing perfusion during CPR. Animal and human studies show that in cardiac arrest, adrenaline has positive haemodynamic effects, increasing systemic pressures, myocardial perfusion, and cerebrally dir...

BACKGROUND Although rapid response teams (RRTs) increasingly have been adopted by hospitals, their effectiveness in reducing hospital mortality remains uncertain. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the effect of RRTs on reducing cardiopulmonary arrest and hospital mortality rates. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of studies published from January 1, 1950, through November 31, 2008...

BACKGROUND Interruption in chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be characterized as no flow ratio (NFR) and the importance of minimizing these pauses in chest compression has been highlighted recently. Further, documentation of resuscitation performance has been reported to be insufficient and there is a lack of identification of important issues where future efforts migh...

Abstract Aiming at the emergence of patients with outdoor cardiac arrest, to strive for more golden rescue time, a robot suitable arrest is proposed. Combined medical research on human thorax, dynamic model thorax established, kinematics and dynamics end effector mechanism are analyzed, simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Adams software. The relationship between stroke, speed, accelerati...

OBJECTIVE To describe and compare presentation, management, and survival by aetiology of cardiopulmonary arrest. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS A retrospective cohort study was undertaken of all 21 175 first out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrests in Scotland between May 1991 and March 1998. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Discharge alive from hospital. RESULTS Presumed cardiac disease accounted for ...

A 67-yr-old man, undergoing pulmonary metastasis resection, experienced a postoperative cardiopulmonary arrest as a result of severe bleeding. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated, then bispectral index (BIS) monitoring was used which reassured the medical team of the adequacy of the resuscitation.