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have always known that CPR is not a single skill but some blood to the ry arteries and brain. 8.19 CPR is also eries of assessments and interventions. More recently we have become aware that cardiac arrest is not a single problem de. portant immediately after shock delivery; most victims
Automated External Defibrillators Defibrillation Cardioversion, and Pacing his chapter presents guidelines for defibrillation with Delays to either start of CPR or defibrillation can reduce automated external defibrillators(AEDs) and manual survival from SCA. In the 1990s some predicted that CPR defibrillators, synchronized cardioversion, and pacing. AEDs could be rendered obsolete by the widespread development of may be used by lay rescuers
ach year in the United States about 700 000 people of all Stroke Recognition and EMS Care ages suffer a new or repeat stroke. Approximately 158 000 of these people will die, making stroke the third Stroke Warning Signs eading cause of death in the United States . Many advances important because