Successful CPCR in two patients

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 249 - 254
• Main Author: Dong, D.Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.06.1992; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia, Epidural - adverse effects; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Damage, Chronic - prevention & control; cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR); cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods; cerebral resuscitation; defibrillation; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Female; Heart Arrest - therapy; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myasthenia Gravis - therapy; Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy; Tracheostomy; cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR); cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); defibrillation; cerebral resuscitation; Case study; Human; Intensive cardiocirculatory care; Cardiocirculatory arrest; Nervous system diseases; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Survival
• ISSN: 0300-9572; 1873-1570
• DOI: 10.1016/0300-9572(92)90008-Z

Authors have salvaged two cases suffering from respiratory and cardiac arrest with active effective cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR). One was a 53-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis whose tracheostomy tube was dislodged on the way to being transferred to the ICU. Another case, a 56-year-old farmer, the victim of an anesthesia accident which occurred in the cystoscopic examination room where equipment for CPR was unavailable. The patients were discharged with complete recovery of brain function after 64 days of unconsciousness in case I and weaning off after 74 days of mechanical ventilation in case 2. It is very important for the success of CPR to understand and practice the technique of CPR in the order: A (airway), B (breathing) and C (circulation). Early intubation and defibrillation is effective measurements for successful CPR. Training programs of CPR must be held not only for medical personnel but also for citizens in the developing counties.