Survival for Nonshockable Cardiac Arrests Treated With Noninvasive Circulatory Adjuncts and Head/Thorax Elevation.

Objectives: Cardiac arrests remain a leading cause of death worldwide. Most patients have nonshockable electrocardiographic presentations (asystole/pulseless electrical activity). Despite well-performed basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) interventions, patients with these presentations have always faced unlikely chances of survival.

Head and thorax elevation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using circulatory adjuncts is associated with improved survival.

Background: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains poor. A physiologically distinct cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) strategy consisting of (1) active compression-decompression CPR and/or automated CPR, (2) an impedance threshold device, and (3) automated controlled elevation of the head and thorax (ACE) has been shown to improve neurological survival significantly versus conventional (C) CPR in animal models. This resuscitation device combination, termed ACE-CPR, is now used clinically.

Faster time to automated elevation of the head and thorax during cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases the probability of return of spontaneous circulation.

Objectives: Resuscitation in the Head Up position improves outcomes in animals treated with active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation and an impedance threshold device (ACD + ITD CPR).We assessed impact of time to deployment of an automated Head Up position (AHUP) based bundle of care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

Methods: Observational data were analyzed from a patient registry.

Rationale and Strategies for Development of an Optimal Bundle of Management for Cardiac Arrest.

Objectives: To construct a highly detailed yet practical, attainable roadmap for enhancing the likelihood of neurologically intact survival following sudden cardiac arrest.

Design Setting And Patients: Population-based outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were collated for 10 U.S.

Association of race and socioeconomic status with the rate of bystander-initiated CPR in Memphis.

Study Objective: This study evaluated the association of race and socioeconomic status with the rate of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Memphis, TN and compared it to 25 years prior.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events in the Memphis area from 2012-2018. The primary outcome of interest was the provision of bystander CPR.