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Open Access
01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Introduction of the 2005 cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines did not increase return of spontaneous circulation in a physician-staffed prehospital emergency medical system
Authors:
G Gemes, S Wallner, G Wildner, M Rigaud, G Prause
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines published by the European Resuscitation Council are intended to improve survival of cardiac arrest by implementing medical practice based on scientific findings. This study investigated whether the introduction of the 2005 CPR guidelines, which mandated several fundamental practice changes, improved the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in a physician-staffed prehospital emergency medical system. …