Is this the Next Step for CPR?
September, 2015
The author observes that an incremental approach to improving basic life support (BLS) has met with limited success. Rather than continuing to optimize each of the broadly different techniques for increasing forward blood flow, we should evaluate a combination of techniques. Because human providers...
Aortic pressure during human cardiac arrest. Identification of pseudo-electromechanical dissociation.
May 27, 2010
We measured aortic pressure during clinically apparent cardiac electromechanical dissociation (EMD) …
Coronary perfusion pressure during external chest compression in pseudo-EMD, comparison of systolic versus diastolic synchronization
February, 2012
The fraction of cardiac arrest patients presenting with pulseless electrical...
Importance of Continuous Chest Compressions During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
November, 2001
Interruptions to chest compression–generated blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are detrimental. Data show that such interruptions for mouth-to-mouth ventilation require a period of...
A Preliminary Study of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Circumferential Compression of the Chest with use of a Pneumatic Vest
September, 1993
More than 300,000 people die each year of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown that raising vascular pressures …
Coronary Perfusion Pressure and the Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Human Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
February, 1990
Coronary perfusion pressure (CPP), the aortic-to-right atrial pressure gradient during the relaxation phase of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...