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Paramedics Needn't Stand to Do CPR in a Moving Ambulance Rescuers performing chest compressions in a moving ambulance should sit down instead of standing, experts now advise.
Reuters Health Information, January 18, 2012
Shallowness Holds Back Billy Ray Cyrus, 'Disco Science' Researchers were hard-pressed to find value in using catchy songs, even those with a hard, consistent beat, to guide chest compressions during CPR for out-of-hospital arrest.
Heartwire, November 8, 2011

Instructions by Phone May Improve Out-Of-Hospital CPR
Reuters Health Information, November 1, 2011
Intraosseous Route Aids Resuscitation When Veins Difficult
Reuters Health Information, October 27, 2011
Hypertonic Saline During CPR Does Not Improve Survival
Reuters Health Information, October 25, 2011
AAP Hospitalized Kids With CVD Who Require CPR Have Worse Outcomes
Reuters Health Information, October 21, 2011

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

Reality of Physicians' Decision Making in Life and Death Choices
Evidence-Based Nursing, February 5, 2012
Patient Instability, Emergencies, and Outcomes in Radiology
American Journal of Critical Care, November 28, 2011
How Much CPR Before Defibrillation Shock?
Journal Watch, October 24, 2011
Teamwork and Leadership in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 27, 2011
Prehospital IV Fluids and Higher Mortality in Trauma Patients
Annals of Surgery, March 7, 2011

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