The epidemic of fatal cardiovascular disease in the Western world has only recently shown
some encour-aging signs of slackening.! More than 50000 Canadians still die each year of …

The assumption which led to the creation of such units holds today: many deaths from
myocardial infarction can be prevented by early intervention. Field intervention in any …

Cardiovascular emergencies are life-threatening disorders that must be assessed and
diagnosed quickly to avoid a delay in treatment and to minimise morbidity and mortality–they …

Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by emergency medical technicians
(EMTs) with basic life support was studied in four communities with a combined population …

Results under a resuscitation program in a general hospital in which the entire house staff is
capable of functioning as a team in emergency, bear out the effectiveness of prompt action …

The work of the National Conference on Standards and Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) held in Dallas in September 1979 …

Acute myocardial infarction is the most common cause of death in Canada. Most deaths
occur within the first 2 hours of the onset of symptoms, before the person seeks or is able to …

The delivery of advanced emergency medical care in the field has heretofore depended on
highly trained and properly equipped technicians (paramedics) supervised by responsible …

A prospective study was conducted of all cases of attempted resuscitation following cardiac
arrest occurring over a period of one year in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Analysis was …

" Sudden death from heart attack is the most important medical emergency today"[42]. The
combination of the two basic manual techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) …