Single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Can anyone perform to the guidelines 2000 recommendations?

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 34 - 39
• Main Authors: Higdon, Travis A., Heidenreich, Joseph W., Kern, Karl B., Sanders, Arthur B., Berg, Robert A., Hilwig, Ron W., Clark, Lani L., Ewy, Gordon A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Allied Health Personnel - standards; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Basic life support; Biological and medical sciences; Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis; Bystander CPR; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - education; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - standards; Chest compressions; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Intensive care medicine; Manikin; Medical sciences; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Time Factors; Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy; United States; Ventilation; United States; Bystander CPR; Ventilation; Chest compressions; Basic life support; Manikin; Intensive cardiocirculatory care; Intensive care; Rescuer; Recommendation; Resuscitation

The Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care recommend that for adult cardiac arrest the single rescuer performs “two quick breaths followed by 15 chest compressions.” This cycle is continued until additional help arrives. Previous studies have shown that l...