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

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) …

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 …

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 …

The immunological mechanisms required to engender resistance have been defined in few
infectious diseases of man, and the role of specific cytokines is unclear. Leprosy presents …

Utstein-style guidelines contribute to improved public health internationally by providing a
structured framework with which to compare emergency medical services systems …

• More data are available showing that high-quality CPR improves survival from cardiac
arrest, including–Ensuring chest compressions of adequate rate–Ensuring chest …

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 …

Leprosy enables investigation of mechanisms by which the innate immune system
contributes to host defense against infection, because in one form, the disease progresses …