Article: Update on CPR and emergency cardiac care. (Cover Article).(cardiopulmonary resuscitation)

More than just compression ratios has been updated in the recent AHA guidelines for basic and advanced life support in adults and children. The author describes new protocols for infant resuscitation, drug administration, and use of AEDs in young children.

Research conducted during the past 3 to 4 decades has resulted in significant advances in emergency resuscitation of adults and children from the 1960s gold standard of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and closed-chest compressions. The American Heart Association (AHA) periodically reviews with other scientific bodies (eg, the National Academy of Sciences) the guidelines that provide the framework for basic life ...

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