Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: From the Beginning to the Present Day

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-151

  Ristagno, Giuseppe ^a   Tang, Wanchun ^a,b   Weil, Max Harry ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Defibrillation; Ventilation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCULATION; COMPRESSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HEART MASSAGE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; ISCHEMIA; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CATS; CRITICAL CARE; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEAR DROWNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 61549134484     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2008.10.004     Document Type: Review

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