Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

1. Front Matter

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2. The Prearrest Period

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Classification of Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Cardiac Arrest

      • James R. Jude

      Pages 3-7

   3. Physiologic Basis for Prediction of Irreversible Cardiac Arrest

      • Louis R. M. Del Guercio

      Pages 8-12

   4. Dysrhythmia Surveillance Prevention of Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia

      • Leon Resnekov

      Pages 13-20

3. Airway Obstruction and Respiratory Arrest

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Sequential Steps of Emergency Airway Control

      • Peter Safar

      Pages 23-32

   3. Resuscitation-Opening the Airway

      • Charles W. Guildner

      Pages 33-38

   4. Emergency Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

      • Archer S. Gordon, M. Kathleen Belton, Paul F. Ridolpho

      Pages 39-50

   5. Emergency Management for Airway Obstruction by Foreign Material

      • Charles W. Guildner, Douglas Williams, Thomas Subitch

      Pages 51-57

   6. Improved Esophageal Obturator Airway (EOA) and New Esophageal Gastric Tube Airway (EGTA)

      • Archer S. Gordon

      Pages 58-64

   7. Airway Management with the Esophageal Pharyngeal Airway

      • James O. Elam, Phebe Lim-Tan, Mohamad Shafieha, Marjorie Robert

      Pages 65-72

   8. Bag-Valve-Mask O2 Ventilation

      • James O. Elam

      Pages 73-79

4. Circulatory Arrest

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Investigations in Prehospital Sudden Cardiac Death

      • Eugene L. Nagel, Richard R. Liberthson, Jim C. Hirschman, Sidney R. Nussenfeld

      Pages 83-86

   3. Precordial Thumping During Cardiac Resuscitation

      • Joseph S. Redding

      Pages 87-93

   4. Mechanical External Cardiac Compression and Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

      • Larry H. Birch

      Pages 94-98

   5. Preliminary Observations During Mechanical External Heart Compressions

      • Eugene L. Nagel, Jerome Schofferman

      Pages 99-101

   6. Present Place of Open-Chest Cardiac Resuscitation

      • Hugh E. Stephenson Jr.

      Pages 102-106

   7. Proposed New Emergency Medical Technician Procedures for Management of Hypovolemia

      • Eugene L. Nagel

      Pages 107-109

Since the late 19505, revolutionary devel­ in and the potential future of emergency opments of basic knowledge, techniques, resuscitation. This meeting was initiated by teaching, and practice of cardiopulmonary james Elam. james jude, owner of the Wolf Creek Lodge (Blairsville, Georgia 30512), acted resuscitation (CPR) have resulted in the saving of uncountable lives from conditions that as host. previously led to certain death. The 1950s The Program Committee invited primarily clinician-scientists from the United States, brought breakthroughs in respiratory resuscita­ tion, the 1960s, breakthroughs in cardiac solicited synopsis papers and predistributed resuscitation, and the 1970s have begun to the 37 papers selected to the participants. We were spared formal paper presentations and show breakthroughs in resuscitation of the thus could devote ourselves to two full days arrested brain. Mobilization of large-scale public involve­ of informal, stimulating, provocative discus­ ment in life-saving efforts is essential. But the sions. This led to cross-fertilization of ideas challenges and opportunities of implementing among individuals with different specialty backgrounds.

• Künstliche Atmung
• Management
• Wiederbelebung
• etiology
• therapy

• Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

  Peter Safar

• Chicago Lying-in Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

  James O. Elam

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