Importance The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force defined sepsis as “life-threatening
organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.” The …

Background Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from outbreaks
of Covid-19, owing to both the advanced age and frequent chronic underlying health …

Emergency Cardiovascular Care marks the 50th anniversary of modern CPR. In 1960
Kouwenhoven, Knickerbocker, and Jude documented 14 patients who survived cardiac arrest with …

Basic life support (BLS) is the foundation for saving lives following cardiac arrest. Fundamental
aspects of BLS include immediate recognition of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and …

BACKGROUND:: The potential impact of efforts in Europe to improve survival from out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest is unclear, in part, because estimates of incidence and survival are …

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a series of life-saving actions that improve the
chance of survival following cardiac arrest. 1 Although the optimal approach to CPR may vary, …

Background: The potential impact of efforts to improve the chain of survival for out-of-hospital
sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is unclear in part because estimates of the incidence of …

Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a leading cause of death and a
2010 meta-analysis concluded that outcomes have not improved over several decades. …

Background— Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves survival in out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest, and dispatcher-delivered instruction in CPR can increase the proportion of …

ContextHigh-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may improve both cardiac and
brain resuscitation following cardiac arrest. Compared with manual chest compression, an …