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Gavi D Perkins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Rudolph W Koste - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Robert C Tasker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Positioning the breathing but unresponsive patient what is the evidence
    Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2016
    Co-Authors: Robert C Tasker
    Abstract:

    First aid for the unconscious but still breathing infant or child who has no other life-threatening condition is something everyone needs to know. Providing spinal injury is not suspected, first aid care involves placing the subject in the Recovery Position so that the airway remains clear and open.1 Videos that explain and show how to Position such an infant or a child can be found on a number of professional websites, including National Health Service Choices,1 British Red Cross,2 St. John Ambulance3 and the Epilepsy Society.4 A good quality clinical practice guideline (CPG) is based on a process that includes defining a clear PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) question, seeking the highest quality evidence available, appraising and synthesising this evidence, then creating a recommendation by assimilating this information with the clinical/patient expertise of the CPG developers. Recently, the use of the lateral, side-lying Recovery Position in the breathing but unresponsive patient was reviewed and published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and American Heart Association (AHA).5 Over the timeline of ILCOR's scientific evidence evaluation and review (April 2013 to February 2015), before publication on 15 October 2015, only a few small studies and, at best, low-quality evidence were identified in the literature for outcomes such as ‘incidence of aspiration’, ‘need for airway management’, ‘the likelihood of cervical spinal injury’ and ‘complications’.6 The reviewers found no evidence to address …

Anthony J Handley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • european resuscitation council guidelines for resuscitation 2010 section 2 adult basic life support and use of automated external defibrillators
    Resuscitation, 2010
    Co-Authors: Rudolph W Koste, Anthony J Handley, Koenraad G Monsieurs, Michael Aubi, Leo Ossae, Antonio Caballero, Pascal Cassa, Maare Castre, Cristina Granja, Gavi D Perkins
    Abstract:

    Basic life support (BLS) refers to maintaining airway patency and supporting breathing and the circulation, without the use of equipment other than a protective device.(1) This section contains the guidelines for adult BLS by lay rescuers and for the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). It also includes recognition of sudden cardiac arrest, the Recovery Position and management of choking (foreign-body airway obstruction). Guidelines for in-hospital BLS and the use of manual defibrillators may be found in Sections 3 and 4b.

  • action sequence for layperson cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2001
    Co-Authors: Paul E Pepe, Robert A Berg, Leonard A Cobb, Arno Zaritsky, Alfred Hallstrom, Robert W Hickey, Ian Jacobs, Nicholas G Bircher, Anthony J Handley, David Zideman
    Abstract:

    Although some minor modifications were forged, the general consensus was to maintain most of the current guidelines for phone first/phone fast, no-assisted-ventilation CPR, the A-B-C (vs C-A-B) sequence of CPR, and the Recovery Position. The decisions to leave these guidelines as they are were based on a lack of evidence to justify the proposed changes, coupled with a reluctance to make revisions that would require major changes in worldwide educational practices without such evidence.Nonetheless, some major changes were made. The time-honored procedure ol pulse check by lay rescuers was eliminated altogether and replaced with an assessment for other signs of circulation. Likewise, it was recommended that even the professional rescuer now check for these other signs of circulation. Although professional rescuers may simultaneously check for a pulse, they should do so only for a short period of time (within 10 seconds). There was also enthusiasm for deleting the ventilation aspect of EMS dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions that are provided to rescuers at the scene who are inexperienced in CPR. lt was made clear, though, that the data are applicable only to adult patients who are receiving CPR and that the data are appropriate most for EMS systems with rapid response times.

Bo Lofgren - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.