In the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest, two actions are crucial for the patient's survival: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation. CPR consists of rhythmically compressing the ...

In the second of a series outlining basic life support, Emma Hammett describes how to resuscitate a patient who has collapsed in the dental practice Cardio-respiratory arrest is rare in primary dental ...

An algorithm capable of diagnosing heart rhythm with just 3 seconds' worth of signal, and the demonstration that it is possible to come up with the diagnosis without stopping cardiac massage, ...

The prestigious PLOS ONE journal has published an innovative method that seeks to improve the quality of chest compressions and which was developed at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country ...

OBJECTIVES: The optimal method for epinephrine administration during neonatal resuscitation is not known. We hypothesized that epinephrine will be delivered more efficiently when administered via a ...