Journal article
Citizen response to cardiopulmonary emergencies
Annals of emergency medicine, Vol.22(2), pp.428-434
1993
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80474-3
PMID: 8434842
Abstract
Since 1985, it has become apparent that the key to survival from adult sudden cardiac death is prompt defibrillation. Any delay from the time of collapse to the initial countershock will decrease the likelihood of survival. It also has been determined that CPR performed by lay rescuers is not begun promptly and, once started, often is performed for more than one minute before the emergency medical services (EMS) system is accessed, which significantly delays the time to defibrillation. In adults, therefore, the rescuer should
phone first to activate the EMS system before performing CPR. In the pediatric population, respiratory arrests are far more common than cardiac arrests. Therefore, a rescuer should perform one minute of rescue support before activating the EMS system (a concept termed
phone fast). It is recognized that this change is dependent upon a national EMS system that is still evolving. It is hoped that this change to
phone first and
phone fast will provide an impetus for rapid development of the EMS infrastructure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Citizen response to cardiopulmonary emergencies
- Creators
- W.H Montgomery - Straub Clinic and Hospital, Inc and the School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USADonald D Brown - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAMary Fran Hazinski - Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USAJeff Clawsen - Medical Priority Consultants, Salt Lake City, Utah, USALawrence D Newell - National American Red Cross, Washington, DC, USALoring Flint - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of emergency medicine, Vol.22(2), pp.428-434
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80474-3
- PMID
- 8434842
- ISSN
- 0196-0644
- eISSN
- 1097-6760
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1993
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094629402771
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