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Resuscitation Rates in Out-of-Hospital Arrests Are Woeful Resuscitation rates in out-of hospital cardiac arrest are woefully low, new US research finds, fueled by poor use of bystander CPR and AED employment, which does show some variability according to the race of the victim. But focusing on the "race thing" oversimplifies the problem, say researchers, who also found that AEDs were located too far away from victims in 75% of cases.
Heartwire, May 15, 2012
Extracorporeal Life Support Boosts Survival After Poisoning Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can be lifesaving in severe cardiovascular impairment due to poisoning, French researchers report.
Reuters Health Information, April 30, 2012

Normal Saline Not Best for Resuscitating Surgical Patients
Reuters Health Information, April 17, 2012
CPR Training Sessions Offered During the Boston Marathon
Heartwire, April 12, 2012
Step Stool Helps Shorter Rescuers Do Better CPR
Reuters Health Information, April 6, 2012
CPR May Save People With Unshockable Arrhythmias
Heartwire, April 3, 2012

Resuscitation Perspectives

Top 10 Critical Care Research Articles of 2011 Greg Martin, MD, offers his picks for top research articles of the past year.
Medscape Critical Care, January 17, 2012
Cardiac Rhythm Analysis: Early or Late? How long should CPR be performed on a patient who suffers out-of-hospital cardiac arrest before doing a cardiac rhythm analysis?
Medscape Critical Care, November 4, 2011

End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Department
Medscape Nurses, June 14, 2011
Is Out-of-Hospital Hypertonic Resuscitation Beneficial?
Medscape General Surgery, May 9, 2011
Fluid Resuscitation After Traumatic Brain Injury
Medscape Critical Care, January 3, 2011
The 2010 AHA Guidelines: The 4 Cs of Cardiac Arrest Care
Medscape Emergency Medicine, December 30, 2010

Journals

Management of the Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, May 14, 2012
Resuscitation of Infants Born on the Verge of Viability
Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, May 2, 2012
Prehospital Epinephrine for Cardiac Arrest Reduces Survival
Journal Watch, April 30, 2012
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Heart, April 9, 2012
Hyperoxia Following Cardiac Arrest: More Is Not Always Better
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill, March 23, 2012

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