BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated significant relationships between cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality metrics and survival to hospital discharge from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Recently, it has been suggested that a new metric, chest compression release velocity (CCRV), may be associated with improved survival from OHCA. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a ret...

Background: The consumption of carbonated beverages has been shown to increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. The associations between the consumption of carbonated beverages and left arterial dimension or left ventricular mass are believed to be likely related to the greater body weight of carbonated beverage drinkers relative to non-drinkers. Nonetheless, little is known about the...

ECC in the Community: How to Ensure Effectiveness Many clinicians, administrators, and researchers have recognized the need to improve community systems of ECC to optimize patient survival. In 1992 this section of the guidelines described in detail the structural components of a “Chain of Survival.” Eight years later the same systematic, organized, coordinated effort in a community remains the ...

ECC in the Community: How to Ensure Effectiveness Many clinicians, administrators, and researchers have recognized the need to improve community systems of ECC to optimize patient survival. In 1992 this section of the guidelines described in detail the structural components of a “Chain of Survival.” Eight years later the same systematic, organized, coordinated effort in a community remains the ...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study is to examine the commonly held assumption that time is measured and documented accurately during resuscitation from cardiac arrest in the hospital. METHODS A two-pronged approach was used to evaluate the accuracy of time documentation and measurement. First, two existing databases-the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR) and a 240-be...

ECC in the Community: How to Ensure Effectiveness Many clinicians, administrators, and researchers have recognized the need to improve community systems of ECC to optimize patient survival. In 1992 this section of the guidelines described in detail the structural components of a “Chain of Survival.” Eight years later the same systematic, organized, coordinated effort in a community remains the ...

BACKGROUND Despite many advances in resuscitation science the outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remain poor. The Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium (MRC) is a statewide integrated resuscitation program, established in 2011, to provide standardized, evidence-based resuscitation and post-resuscitation care. The objective of this study is to assess the outcomes of a state-wide integrated res...

ECC in the Community: How to Ensure Effectiveness Many clinicians, administrators, and researchers have recognized the need to improve community systems of ECC to optimize patient survival. In 1992 this section of the guidelines described in detail the structural components of a “Chain of Survival.” Eight years later the same systematic, organized, coordinated effort in a community remains the ...

INTRODUCTION Although tracheal intubation (TI) in the pre-hospital setting is regularly carried out by emergency medical service (EMS) providers throughout the world, its value is widely debated. Heterogeneity in procedures, providers, patients, systems and stated outcomes, and inconsistency in data reporting make scientific reports difficult to interpret and compare, and the majority are of li...