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Cardiac And Circulation
2010 CPR Guidelines: A Summary
The new guidelines prioritize compressions over breaths
Push Hard, Fast, Deep, Continuously
JEMS Editor-in-Chief A.J. Heightman notest that the new AHA CPR Guidelines seem simple in several areas, but they’ll require EMS to carefully retrain crews, adopt a new thought process and systems approach to cardiac arrest management, and develop a more integrated citizen, police, fire, EMS and hospital interface.
Banquet Honors CPR Survivors
Banquet honors CPR survivors.
New AHA Guidelines Affect CPR
Learn how the 2010 AHA guidelines may affect your resuscitation efforts.
Portable CPS Increases STEMI Survival
Cardiopulmonary support saves lives.
Studies Show Decline of V Fib
EMS needs a new strategy for cardiac arrest.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate should be considered when treating cardiac arrest patients.
The Experts Weigh In
Issues in CPR performance and resuscitation are discussed, as well as best practices in CPR training, historical practices that have to be changed, pitfalls and obstacles to proper CPR performance, the importance of feedback and feedback devices in producing positive outcomes and what hospitals have learned about CPR performance that can help prehospital teams.
Retraining Pays Off
Case studies of some interesting techniques and guidelines for improving CPR from around the world.
The Science of CPR
Although CPR has been used for many years in conjunction with other resuscitation interventions, recent studies demonstrating the reality of its use in clinical settings and linking its quality to patient outcomes have revolutionized attitudes surrounding the importance of properly performed chest compressions.
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