Compression-only CPR or standard CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

• Emergency medical dispatchers give instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) over the telephone to callers requesting help for a patient with suspected cardiac arrest, before the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. A previous study indicated that instructions to perform CPR consisting of only chest compression result in a treatment efficacy that is similar or even superior to that associated with instructions given to perform standard CPR, which consists of both compression and ventilation. That study, however, was not powered to assess a possible difference in survival. The aim of this prospective, randomized study was to evaluate the possible superiority of compression-only CPR over standard CPR with respect to survival.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adult

Aged

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

methods

Chi-Square Distribution

Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems

Female

Heart Arrest

mortality

therapy

Humans

Logistic Models

Male

Middle Aged

Prospective Studies

Respiration

Artificial

Survival Rate

Voluntary Workers

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)