Treatment of cardiac arrest by ambulance staffdoi:10.1136/bmj.296.6617.293-bGeraldine WaltersEdward GlucksmanBritish Medical Journal Publishing GroupBr Med J (Clin Res Ed)Walters G, Glucksman E. Treatment of cardiac arrest by ambulance staff. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988 Jan 23; 296 (6617):...
Cardiac arrest vs. heart attacks Cardiac arrest - the sudden loss of heart function - causes more than 436,000 deaths in the United States each year, according to the American Heart Association. It is different from a heart attack, which happens when blood flow to the heart is blocked...
The etiology of cardiac arrest has been attributed over the past century to multiple causes, based more on episodic than pathophysiologic relationships. For this reason, it has been difficult to readily relate etiology to prevention and treatment. By accepting a pathophysiologic basis, it becomes ...
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Cardiac massage in the treatment of arrest of the heart; a study of three hundred fifty cases, with two original case reports. THE SUDDEN appearance of cardiac arrest in an otherwise healthy person does not necessarily mean that the patient is already dead or that he is incapable o... F ...
Drug treatment of resuscitation plays a quite important role in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for patients suffering cardiac arrest, and has been investigated a lot yet. In this paper, the author reviewed the current progress both in animal study and clinical experience of drugs for cardiopulmon...
Development and implementation of emergency CPR instruction via telephone Ann Emerg Med (1984) LL Culley et al. Dispatcher-assisted telephone CPR: Common delays and time standards for delivery Ann Emerg Med (1991) RO Cummins et al. Improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest: The “chain of ...
Central Sympathetic Inhibition: a Neglected Approach for treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias? Curr Hypertens Rep. 2016;18(2):13. PubMed PMID: 26781253. Article PubMed Google Scholar Tsutsui H, Sugiura T, Hayashi K, Yukimura T, Ohkita M, Takaoka M et al. Protective effect of moxonidine on ...
Cardiac disease is the most common cause of mortality in Western countries, with most deaths due to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In Sweden, 5000–10 000 OHCAs occur annually. During the last decade, the time from cardiac arrest to start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and ...
In some cases, a surgeon may recommend corrective surgery as part of the cardiac arrest treatment. This may be used to repair a congenital heart defect or a malfunctioning valve. Patients whose condition can't be helped by cardiac surgeries or procedures may be a candidate for a heart transpla...