…cardiac arrest due to external causes ( Kitamura et al). References DeBehnke DJ, Hilander SJ, Dobler DW, Wickman LL, Swart GL. The hemodynamic and arterial blood…

…The discrepancy between traditional figures and recent studies is due to the dramatic decrease in the incidence of acute coronary syndromes over the past decades…

…be difficult to discern depending on the skin tone. For laypeople, confirming absent or abnormal breathing is sufficient to alert the emergency service and commence…

…pressure due to the tamponade. The increased pressure causes compression of the atria and the ventricles (particularly the former). Even small pressure elevations on the…

…of an extracorporeal pump and oxygenator. ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) , a type of ECLS, operates by drawing venous blood from the patient to an oxygenator …

…described by Weisfeldt and Becker (2002). Drawing on physiology, observational and experimental studies, they described these phases, which require different treatment strategies to maximize survival…