Basic life support (BLS) refers to maintaining airway patency and supporting breathing and
the circulation, without the use of equipment other than a protective device. 1 T his section …

Outcomes after cardiac arrest remain poor more than a half a century after closed chest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was first described. This review article is focused on …

Coronary perfusion pressure (CPP), the aortic-to-right atrial pressure gradient during the
relaxation phase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, was measured in 100 patients with …

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in Europe. Depending on the way
SCA is defined, it affects about 350,000–700,000 individuals a year. 4, 5 On initial heart …

Aim: To carry out a prospective study of cardiac arrest survivors to understand the qualitative
features as well as incidence, and possible aetiology of near death experiences (NDEs) in …

Guidelines for the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have been revised
recently and now advocate that chest compressions are performed without interruption for 3 …

Objective: To review the evidence on the incidence of rib and sternal fractures after
conventional closed-chest compression in the treatment of cardiac arrest in adults and …

Very little is known about the dying process and in particular the state of the human mind at
the end of life. Cardiac arrest is the final step in the dying process irrespective of cause, and …

Background More than 300,000 people die each year of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown
that raising vascular pressures during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can improve …

We studied the effect of standard and high doses of epinephrine on coronary perfusion
pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 32 patients whose cardiac arrest was …