The goals of emergency cardiovascular care are to pre- living will constitutes clear evidence of the patient's wishe serve life, restore health, relieve suffering, limit disabil and in most areas it can be legally enforced. ity, and reverse clinical death. CPR decisions are often made
asic life support(BLS)includes recognition of signs of means that in the first minutes after collapse the victims sudden cardiac arrest(SCA), heart attack, stroke, and chance of survival is in the hands of bystander foreign-body airway obstruction(FBAO); cardiopulmonary Shortening the EMS response interval increases survival resuscitation (CPR); and d
This publication presents the 2005 American Heart Asso- the evidence review, and (3)draft treatment recommenda- ciation(AHA)guidelines for cardiopulmonary resusci- tions. They then completed worksheets that provided the tation( CPR)and emergency
Frhythms produce pulseless cardiac arrest: ventricular effective for fluid resuscitation, drug delivery, and blood fibrillation (VF), rapid ventricular tachycardia (VT), sampling for laboratory evaluation, and is attainable in all age useless electrical activity(PEA), and asystole. Surviva
Part 7.4: Monitoring and medications is section provides an overview of monitoring techniques carbia (and therefore the adequacy of ventilation during and medications that may be useful during CPR and in the CPR), or tissue acidosis. This conclusion is supported by I mediate prearrest and postarrest settings. case series(LOE 5)and 10 case reports 0-l9 that showed that arterial blood gas values are an inaccurate indicator of the Monitoring Immediately Before, During