New Developments in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Authors

  • Dimosthenis Avramidis Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mitera Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v9i1%20Sup.624

Keywords:

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic life support, advanced life support, external automatic defibrillator

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the only therapeutic option for patients with cardiac arrest. Resuscitation guidelines change every 5 years in order to follow the emerging scientific data. All changes focus on increasing survival rate witch remains surprisingly low. Newer developments and recently published scientific statements emphasize the need for adequate implementation of the existing guidelines and improvement of the CPR quality.

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Published

2014-05-13

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 Sup (2014): ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

Section

ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

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