Is It Possible to Maintain Consciousness and Spontaneous Ventilation with Chest Compression in the Early Phase of Cardiac Arrest?

Chest compression is important in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, life support algorithms do not specify when chest compression should be initiated in patients with persistent spontaneous normal breathing in the early phase after cardiac arrest. Here we describe the case of a 69-year-old man...

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Main Authors: Menekse Oksar, Selim Turhanoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3158015