Culture and personal influences on cardiopulmonary resuscitation- results of international survey

Results of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Children

BACKGROUND Survival of children experiencing cardiac arrest refractory to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is very poor. We sought to examine current era outcomes of extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) support for refractory arrest. METHODS Patients who were <18 years and underwent ECPR between November 2013 and January 2016 were including in this study. We retrospectively investigated ...

The Effect of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Workshop on Nurses’ Sustained Learning

Introduction: The effect of the presence of trained personnel in the team on the outcome of resuscitation has been proved in previous studies. An informative need assessment, in the environment of present study, reveals the role of the nurses’ knowledge in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Therefore, this study was designed to determine the effect of education through workshop on nurses’ sus...

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Knowledge and Personal Experience in Iranian Dentists

This work describes the knowledge and experience of dentists about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 273 dentists working at Shiraz, Iran were interviewed: 55% felt that they are able to define CPR, although only 37% had a correct concept; 51% believed they were able to perform CPR, however, none of them had received practical training in CPR; 4% of the interviewed professionals m...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television.

Update on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to improve survival for individuals suffering cardiac arrest. Despite this, the delivery of basic life support to victims outside the clinical environment remains poor, particularly as only a minority receive resuscitation. In addition, research continues to examine the optimal techniques for CPR and guidelines have been modified to refle...