Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate.
Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high …

• More data are available showing that high-quality CPR improves survival from cardiac
arrest, including–Ensuring chest compressions of adequate rate–Ensuring chest …

Adult advanced life support (ALS) includes advanced interventions after basic life support
has started and when appropriate an automated external defibrillator (AED) has been used …

This executive summary provides the essential treatment algorithms for the resuscitation of
children and adults and highlights the main guideline changes since 2010. Detailed …

Importance Previous trials have suggested that vasopressin and methylprednisolone
administered during in-hospital cardiac arrest might improve outcomes. Objective To …

In the face of a crisis in organ donation, the transplant community are increasingly utilizing
donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. Over the last 10 years, with the increasing …

Sudden unexpected cardiac arrest (CA) is a catastrophic unexpected but potentially
reversible event that involves family, friends and society. In Europe cardiac arrest occurs in …

Background Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) support under
extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) is the last option and may be offered …

Airway management complications causing temporary patient harm are common, but
serious injury is rare. Because most airways are easy, most complications occur in easy …

Coronary artery disease is prevalent in different causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(OHCA), especially in individuals presenting with shockable rhythms of ventricular …