It is important to understand how the body is affected at the time of cardiac arrest and during the reperfusion that occurs following successful resuscitation. While achieving a ROSC in OHCA is not a...
Tension pneumothorax is a build up of air between the lung and the pleura lining the chest wall. It occurs when a defect in the lung, chest wall or airways operates as a one-way valve, allowing air...
Following ROSC the patient undergoes a number of pathophysiological processes not dissimilar to those suffered during severe sepsis (Adrie et al, 2004). This has been termed Post Cardiac Arrest...
Historically, the belief has generally been that where oxygen is concerned ‘more is better’. The guideline highlights situations where this is not the case, and indeed may even be dangerous, while...
CPR is defined as the combination of chest compression with or without ventilations. The combination of CPR and defibrillation form the foundations of intervention in cardiac arrest. There is good...
With the publication of the 2010 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines (Nolan et al, 2010) late last year, the use of therapeutic hypothermia was recommended for the first time as part of the...
South Africa is a developing country with an upper-middle-income and advanced emerging market economy (The World Bank, 2010; FTSE, 2010). In 2009, inflation-adjusted income per person in South Africa...
Despite much media hype, compression-only CPR is only effective for short periods in individuals who suffer a sudden primary cardiac arrest. Recent studies suggest conventional CPR has better overall...
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