Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality. In the pre-hospital setting,
bystander response with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of publicly available …

Cardiac arrest is a common problem, both in the in-hospital environment and in the out-of-
hospital environment with an estimated incidence of over 300,000–400,000 cases of out-of …

Survival rates associated with in-hospital cardiac arrest remain stagnant in spite of recent
advances in technology. The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the recent …

Although 40 years have passed since the advent of advanced cardiac life support, out-of-
hospital cardiac arrest still carries an ultimate failure rate of 95%. This review reinforces the …

Cardiac arrest is a common and lethal condition frequently encountered by emergency
medicine providers. Resuscitation of persons after cardiac arrest remains challenging, and …

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques were introduced more than 50 years ago, yet the
rate of survival from cardiac arrest, particularly in the hospital setting, remains dismally low …

In the first article in this series (Heart 2001; 85: 6–8) the initial assessment and management
of unconscious out-ofhospital cardiac arrest survivors was discussed. Early management is …

Each year at least 300,000 people in the United States and 8000 to 10,000 people in
Switzerland suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, mostly due to ventricular fibrillation …

Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate.
Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high …

The survival rate from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has remained essentially unchanged in
the United States for the past several decades, hovering in the 7% to 10% range overall. 1 In …