Articles: emergency-services.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Oct 1991
[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts at Ullevål hospital during January 1989-July 1990].
During the period January 1989 to July 1990, 68 in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitations were attempted in 65 patients at Ullevål Hospital. The total number of deaths during the same period was 2,166. 21 patients survived initially (32%). ⋯ Six patients were alive at follow-up 13-25 months after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. No differences in survival were found between males and females, or between patients under and over 70 years of age.
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Resuscitative medicine is an area of intense interest. Rigid protocols exist for dealing with the victim of a acute cardiac arrest. ⋯ We present an overview of post-resuscitative care in the emergency department and algorithms to facilitate that care. Like the treatment protocols used in advanced life support, these algorithms are a suggested way of proceeding with the post-resuscitative care of the victims of arrest.