Compressions during defibrillator charging shortens shock pause duration and improves chest compression fraction during shockable out of hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1007-1011

  Cheskes, Sheldon ^a,b,c   Common, Matthew R ^b,c   Byers, P Adam ^c   Zhan, Cathy ^c   Morrison, Laurie J ^b,c  

^a Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Heart arrest; Resuscitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST COMPRESSION FRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION DURING DEFIBRILLATOR CHARGING; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903772697     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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