Cardiac Arrest

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Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac arrest is the cessation of cardiac mechanical activity. Rhythms: VF (shockable), pulseless VT (shockable), PEA, asystole. High-quality CPR and early defibrillation are critical.

cardiac arrest cardiopulmonary arrest sudden cardiac death SCD OHCA IHCA
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When someone's blood flow or breathing stops, seconds count. Permanent brain damage or death can happen quickly. If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you could save a life. CPR is an emergency procedure for a person whose heart has stopped (called sudden cardiac arrest) or who is no longer breathing. CPR can maintain the blood flow breathing until emergency medical help arrives.Take these…

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German Cardiac Arrest Registry

NCT05142124

In Germany, 70.000 to 100.000 patients suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) every year. More than half of these are due to cardiac causes. Despite the medical progress over the last decades, rates of survival with good neurolo…

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Automatic Ventilation in Prehospital Resuscitation on OHCA

NCT06067204

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare prehospital ventilation strategies in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The intervention group is automatic ventilation and the control group is manual ventilation. The main question…

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