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in Guidelines, News, Resuscitation
17/10/15
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ILCOR releases 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR)

Read the CoSTR from ILCOR, the scientific data and international consensus that guides the development of resuscitation guidelines.

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in News, Resuscitation
15/10/15
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ERC 2015 Guidelines released!

The European Resuscitation Council have released their 2015 Guidelines – read them for free here!

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in News, Resuscitation
15/10/15
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AHA 2015 CPR & ECC Guidelines released!

The American Heart Association have released the 2015 CPR & ECC Gudelines, read them for free here!

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in Resuscitation
10/09/15
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Time on the scene and interventions are associated with improved survival in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

During out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a scene time of 10 to 35min was associated with the highest survival, especially among adolescents in this study.

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in Resuscitation
16/06/15
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Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

CPR performed before EMS arrival was associated with a 30-day survival rate that was more than twice as high as that associated with no CPR before EMS arrival.

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in Resuscitation
07/03/15
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Survivors of cardiac arrest with good neurological outcome show considerable impairments of memory functioning

Long-term memory functioning appears to be particularly impaired after cardiac arrest

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in Resuscitation, The Guide to Guidelines
14/01/15

Adherence to resuscitation guidelines during prehospital care of cardiac arrest patients

A 2007 review of the post-ROSC care of 157 post ROSC patients prehospitaly in Finland showing poor care was associated with poor outcomes.

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in Resuscitation
10/12/14
lucas

Mechanical versus manual chest compression for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC): a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial

The PARAMEDIC trial found no evidence of improvement in 30 day survival with LUCAS-2 compared with manual compressions – what are your thoughts?

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in Resuscitation
22/10/14
cpr

Survival rates in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients transported without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation: An observational cohort study

Employing only the lack of ROSC as criteria for termination of resuscitation may miss survivors after OHCA.

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in Diagnostics, Resuscitation
05/09/14
etco2

The prognostic value of end tidal carbon dioxide during cardiac arrest: a systematic review

ETCO2 values cannot be used as a mortality predictor in isolation – although it does appear to be a strong predictor of mortality.

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