• Crit Care · Jan 2011

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    Improving outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: impact of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and prehospital physician care.

    • Robert J H Jackson.
    • Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital NHS Trust, Bath BA1 3NG, UK. robsjournals@randkjackson.co.uk
    • Crit Care. 2011 Jan 1;15(1):101.

    AbstractEvidence for the impact of prehospital, physician-delivered advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is conflicting. The prospective observational study by Yasunaga and co-workers demonstrates an improved survival at 1 month associated with prehospital physician-delivered ACLS over emergency life-saving technician-delivered ACLS. These effects are additive to the survival benefit seen with bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BCPR) compared with no BCPR. The present commentary places these findings in the context of the existing literature and discusses some of the unresolved controversies.© 2011 BioMed Central Ltd

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