Impact of prompt defibrillation on cardiac arrest at a major international...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......took place on airport grounds. Airport fire rescue and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel...heart arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; rescue shock; emergency medical services; defibrillation...arrest is the speed with which a defibrillatory rescue shock can be delivered.l-- The ...

2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(Features)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  January 2, 2008 ;     197 words ...Rescue shock AN air ambulance crew member has spoken of her shock at rescuing two of her colleagues. Jim Martin and Jon Ker, crew members of...

Pitt, 1st responders to conduct study

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  June 24, 2006 ;     694 words ......sudden cardiac arrest. Alternative methods of delivering rescue shocks to the heart also will be evaluated. An estimated 330,000...mouth. Researchers will compare two techniques for providing rescue shocks to patients in ventricular fibrillation, the abrupt disorganization...

FEASIBILITY OF BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS TO PERFORM SELECTED...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......defibrillators enable EMT-B providers to deliver rescue shocks, patients in cardiac arrest may require...defibrillators enable EMT-B providers to deliver rescue shocks, resuscitation from cardiac arrest...arrest recognition, delivery of three rescue shocks, initiation of ...

Satellites will hunt yacht; DRUG GANG 'RESCUE' SHOCK.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  July 3, 2007 ;     141 words ...Byline: By JIMMY CUNNINGHAM SPY satellites will be used to track the mystery yacht that off-loaded pure cocaine during a botched landing in Cork yesterday. And gardai also revealed the traffickers left a trail of forensic evidence in a truck parked near the sea shore. Customs officials believe the

Lifeboat in yacht rescue shock

South Wales Evening Post;  June 21, 2007 ;     297 words ...Lifeboat crews spent four hours rescuing a stricken yacht they say should never have been at sea in the first place. The yacht, which had three men and a dog on board, ran out of fuel a mile off Port Talbot during the early hours when a force six gale was forcing it towards the town's deep water

THE HUGE SEAS; DRUG GANG 'RESCUE' SHOCK Two arrested after EUR210m coke...

The Mirror (London, England);  July 3, 2007 ;     588 words ...Byline: By DECLAN FERRY IRELAND'S biggest ever cocaine bust was uncovered yesterday when more than EUR210million of the drug was found floating in bales at sea. The massive haul near Mizen Head, Co Cork, was dramatically revealed during a search and rescue operation. Customs officials estimate the

Man Is Critical After NW Blaze; Apartment Fire and Rescue Shock Residents,...

The Washington Post;  August 19, 2007 ;     348 words ...When firefighters arrived at the Foster House Apartments yesterday, flames were pouring out a window on the top floor of the eight-story building. But what grabbed their attention was the horrifying sight of a man, badly burned, hanging from the window of the unit engulfed in flames. As neighbors

Overcoming ACLS Dogma: How quickly should we change?

Prehospital Emergency Care;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......responders performed a 90-second bout of CPR before the first rescue shock was delivered, survival to hospital discharge improved from...and survival to hospital discharge (3% vs. 10%). Failed rescue shocks harm patients and are associated with a worsened prognosis...

Time to first shock by emergency medical technicians with automated...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The interval from collapse to electrical rescue shock is a critical determinant of successful defibrillation...therapy.1,2 The interval from collapse to electrical rescue shock is the most critical determinant of successful defibrillation...

EFFICACY OF LOWER-ENERGY BIPHASIC SHOCKS FOR TRANSTHORACIC DEFIBRILLATION:...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). A 150-J shock was delivered as the primary therapy to terminate induced arrhythmias in the EP group, and as a "rescue" shock when a single ICD shock failed to terminate the arrhythmias in the ICD group. Results. Ninety-six patients received study...

EFFECTS OF AN IMPEDANCE THRESHOLD DEVICE ON HEMODYNAMICS AND RESTORATION...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and drugs (0.1 mg/kg epinephrine, 40U vasopressin, 1.0 mg propranolol, 1 mEq/kg sodium bicarbonate) were given. The first rescue shock (150J biphasic) was delivered at minute 11 of VF. We recorded CPP, ROSC (systolic pressure >80 mmHg sustained for 60 s...

THE EFFECT OF ADENOSINE A^sub 1^ RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM ON RETURN OF...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......with ventilation was initiated and a standard drug cocktail, with ADOA^sub 1^R antagonist or vehicle, was given. The first rescue shock (150 J biphasic) was delivered after 11 minutes of VF. Proportions with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for...

Law enforcement agency defibrillation (LED-D): Proceedings of the national...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......victims present with the reversible cardiac arrest rhythm of ventricular fibrillation (VF).4-7 The speed with which electrical rescue shocks are delivered to the hearts of these victims correlates directly with the likelihood of survival: the sooner the heart is...

FEASIBILITY OF STERNAL INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......technicians-basic (EMT-Bs) are trained to provide basic airway management and to use an automated external defibrillator to deliver rescue shocks to patients in cardiopulmonary arrest, they may not administer resuscitative medications or IV fluids through the intravascular...