Ten million or more newborns worldwide each year need some type of resuscitation assistance. More than 1 million babies die annually from complications of birth asphyxia. Over the past 3 decades, neonatal resuscitation has evolved from disparate, word-of-mouth teaching methods to organized programs. The most widely-used curriculum is the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, which is supported by the...

BACKGROUND Utstein-style guidelines use an established consensus process, endorsed by the international resuscitation community, to facilitate and structure resuscitation research and publication. The first "Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data From Drowning" were published over a decade ago. During the intervening years, resuscitation science has advanced considerably, thus making revision...

PURPOSE Fluid resuscitation is a key intervention in patients with sepsis and circulatory impairment. The recommendations for continued fluid therapy in sepsis are vague, which may result in differences in clinical practice. We aimed to evaluate associations between hospital and patient characteristics and fluid resuscitation volumes in ICU patients with severe sepsis. METHODS We explored the...

Clinically relevant animal models capable of simulating traumatic hemorrhagic shock are needed. We developed a hemorrhagic shock model with male New Zealand rabbits (2200-2800 g, 60-70 days old) that simulates the pre-hospital and acute care of a penetrating trauma victim in an urban scenario using current resuscitation strategies. A laparotomy was performed to reproduce tissue trauma and an ao...

The principal goal after successful resuscitation of a cardiac arrest patient is to maintain the patient's pulse and avoid a pulseless state. Of equal importance in the post-resuscitation patient are efforts to prevent myocardial dysfunction and increase the likelihood of a good neurologic outcome. To optimize cardiac and hemodynamic resuscitation, paramedics should obtain good background infor...

New Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Resuscitation guidelines reflect recent advances in neonatal resuscitation science, as critically appraised by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Substantial changes since the 2010 guidelines include: (i) updates to the Newborn Resuscitation Flowchart to include a greater emphasis on maintaining normal body temperature, and to emphasise...

BACKGROUND Advanced levels of delivery room resuscitation in very low birth weight infants are reported to be associated with death and complications of prematurity. In resource limited settings, the need for delivery room resuscitation is often used as a reason to limit care in these infants. METHODS This was a review of delivery room resuscitation in very low birth weight infants born in a ...

BACKGROUND In order to enhance patient safety during resuscitation of critically ill patients, we need to optimize team communication and enhance team situational awareness but little is known about resuscitation team communication patterns. The objective of this study is to understand how teams communicate during resuscitation; specifically to assess for a shared mental model (organized unders...

With the founding of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) in 1992, an international collaboration of clinicians and researchers was convened to identify, evaluate, and interpret the most valid resuscitation science. This supplement to Circulation (simultaneously published in Resuscitation) presents the results of ILCOR’s most recent and extensive efforts to reach consens...

Pulmonary embolism is one of the reversible causes death. Simultaneous diagnostic procedures are beneficial for successfully resuscitating patients brought to emergency department as an arrest after pulmonary embolism. Ultrasonography few be performed on unstable patient during resuscitation and a direct guide treatment. We followed passage thrombus from inferior vena cava right atrium in ultra...