CPR with rescue breaths vital to resuscitation after drowning, new ...
2 days ago · "The focused update on drowning contains the most up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations on how to resuscitate someone who has drowned, offering practical guidance for health care professionals, trained rescuers, caregivers and families," writing group co-chair Dr. Tracy E. McCallin said in a news release. McCallin is an associate professor ...
Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after cardiac arrest may protect …
2 days ago · Summary: The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the ...
Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults ...
Figures 2 through 6 reflect COVID-19–specific updates to the current basic life support, advanced cardiovascular life support, pediatric basic life support, and pediatric cardiac arrest algorithms and are meant to replace the standard algorithms in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 disease. In COVID-19–negative patients or when ...
Study: More Patients Could Survive Brain Injuries If Life Support …
Their findings, from 18 trauma centers across the United States, suggest that some patients with brain injuries who died after life support was withdrawn may have survived and even recovered some level of independence six months after injury.
Some patients with brain injuries have life support withdrawn too …
May 31, 2024 · Life support for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may sometimes be withdrawn too early, when it's possible that patients could eventually recover, new research suggests.
Rethinking life-support decisions - Harvard Gazette
May 24, 2024 · A new study of nearly 1,400 U.S. patients with severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) found that some patients for whom life support was withdrawn may have survived and recovered some level of independence a few months after injury.
Study reveals patients with brain injuries who died after …
May 13, 2024 · Families are often asked to make decision to withdraw life support within 72 hours of a brain injury, and the new study suggests delaying decisions may be beneficial for some patients.
Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren't …
May 16, 2024 · A substantial proportion of people with a traumatic brain injury who had their life support withdrawn may have survived and at least partially recovered, a study suggests.
After Brain Injuries, Doctors and Families Should Take More Time …
May 23, 2024 · The study finds that, when kept on life support, some traumatic brain injury patients may heal enough to regain at least partial independence. Some might even be able to resume their pre-injury...
2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult …
Dec 18, 2023 · This “2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support” summarizes the most recent published evidence for and recommendations on the use of medications, temperature management, percutaneous coronary angiography, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and …