Resuscitation
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To compare the attitudes of the public attending at a local Emergency Department and the medical staff towards witnessed resuscitation. ⋯ Locally, we find a discrepancy between healthcare workers and the public towards the concept of witnessed resuscitation. More research is needed on the attitudes of the Asian public and medical staff.
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In cardiopulmonary resuscitation, different ratios of compression to ventilation with regard to optimal oxygen transport are considered. We hypothesised that the end tidal fraction of oxygen might increase from levels found in the conventional compression-ventilation ratio of 15:2 if more consecutive ventilations are given because the rescuer would hyperventilate. The second hypothesis was that the air blown into an infant with mouth to mouth ventilation consists of rescuer's dead space air only, meaning that the fraction of oxygen should increase. ⋯ Increasing consecutive compressions and ventilations above 15:2 leads to a statistically significant increase in expired fraction of oxygen. In infant ventilation, the air exhaled into a victim contains some dead space air with a higher end tidal oxygen fraction than in adults.
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Biography Historical Article
Jean-Henri Dunant. The founder of the Red Cross organisation.