Australian Resuscitation Council

July 2010 – Australian Resuscitation Council Research Updates

1. Ahn KO, Shin SD, Suh GJ, Cha WC, Song KJ, Kim SJ, et al., Epidemiology and outcomes from non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Korea: A nationwide observational study. Resuscitation 2010: 81(8); 974-81 We aimed to describe the epidemiological features and to determine the predictors for survival to discharge of non-traumatic outof-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Korea. A nationwi...

Australian Resuscitation Council: adult advanced life support (ALS) guidelines 2006.

European Resuscitation Council guidelines for resuscitation 2005.

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT All rescuers trained or not, should provide chest compressions to victims of cardiac arrest. The aim should be to push to a depth of at least 5 cm at a rate of at least 100 compressions per minute, to allow full chest recoil, and to minimise interruptions in chest compressions. Trained rescuers should also provide ventilations with a compression-ventilation ratio of 30:2. ELE...

Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports: update and simplification of the Utstein templates for resuscitation registries. A statement for healthcare professionals from a task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa).

Outcome following cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is dependent on critical interventions, particularly early defibrillation, effective chest compressions, and advanced life support. Utstein-style definitions and reporting templates have been used extensively in published studies of cardiac arrest, which has led to greater understanding of the elements of resuscitation practice ...

In-hospital cardiac arrests: effect of amended Australian Resuscitation Council 2006 guidelines.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate cardiac arrest outcomes following the introduction of the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) 2006 amended guidelines for basic and advanced life support. METHODS A retrospective study of all consecutive cardiac arrests during a 3-year phase pre-implementation (2004-06) and a 3-year phase post-implementation (2007-09) of the ARC 2006 guidelines was conducted at a tert...