Resuscitation Alerts -- Breaking News http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news Effect of electroconvulsive stimulation on morphological and physiological aspects of post-cardiac arrest cerebral microcirculation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15304 We investigated the effect of electroconvulsive stimulation (ECS) on cerebral circulation in vivo using the method for measuring microcirculation in Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Hemangioma located just above the left main coronary artery, in a subject who had cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, led to a diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15298 We report the case of a 38-year-old Asian man with a pericardial hemangioma on the left main coronary artery. The Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Fatalities related to medical restraint devices-Asphyxia is a common finding. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15226 A total of seven detailed death investigations is reported where death occurred while being restrained by a belt or a Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT A survey of labour ward clinicians' knowledge of maternal cardiac arrest and resuscitation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15262 BACKGROUND: Guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest during pregnancy exist but they are based on little research. The study Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Direction of signal recording affects waveform characteristics of ventricular fibrillation in humans undergoing defibrillation testing during ICD implantation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15264 INTRODUCTION: In cardiac arrest due to prolonged ventricular Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Therapeutic hypothermia in neonates. Review of current clinical data, ILCOR recommendations and suggestions for implementation in neonatal intensive care units. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15266 Recent evidence suggests that the current ILCOR guidelines regarding hypothermia for the treatment of neonatal encephalopathy need urgent revision. In Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Using within-patient correlation to improve the accuracy of shock outcome prediction for cardiac arrest. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15271 BACKGROUND: Analysis of the electrocardiogram (ECG) can to a certain extent predict if a cardiac arrest patient in ventricular fibrillation Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Immediate post-shock chest compressions improve outcome from prolonged ventricular fibrillation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15280 AIM: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that immediate post-shock chest compressions improve outcome from prolonged ventricular fibrillation Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Biphasic energy selection for transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. The BEST AF Trial. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15281 AIMS: To compare the efficacy and safety of an escalating energy protocol with a non-escalating energy protocol using an impedance Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Experience of prehospital emergency care among general practitioners in Ireland. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15283 BACKGROUND: Although Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction entailing ST-segment elevation in lead V3R, V1 or aVR: electrocardiographic and angiographic correlations. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15287 BACKGROUND: The correlation between ST-segment elevation (ST upward arrow) in lead V(3)R (ST Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT The utility of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram in the prediction of proximal right coronary artery occlusion in acute inferior myocardial infarction. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15288 Prior studies have proposed several electrocardiogram criteria for identifying patients with acute inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (iSTEMI) caused by Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Derivation of Clinical Predictors of Failed Rescue Shock During Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15295 Background. Failed rescue shocks have been shown to decrease the likelihood of survival in the treatment of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Pulmonary endarterectomy: an alternative to circulatory arrest and deep hypothermia: mid-term results. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15297 Background: The current surgical technique for pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) involves the use of deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest at 18 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT The effect of adenosine a(1) receptor antagonism on return of spontaneous circulation and short-term survival in prolonged ventricular fibrillation. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15299 Background. Endogenous adenosine (ADO) is cardioprotective during ischemia and its myocardial concentration increases during untreated ventricular fibrillation (VF). We have Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Neuropsychological outcome following near-drowning in ice water: two adult case studies. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15300 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Delay Prior to Calling 9-1-1 Is Associated with Increased Mortality After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15301 Objective. We sought to characterize the collapse-to-9-1-1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Hospital-based event medical support for the Baltimore marathon, 2002-2005. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15302 Objectives. We present Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Does the number of system paramedics affect clinical benchmark thresholds? http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15303 Objective. Competency is affected by Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Establishing Arizona's Statewide Cardiac Arrest Reporting and Educational Network. http://resuscitationalerts.com/breaking-news/show?abstractId=15305 Background. Only a few large cities have published their out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival statistics using the Utstein style reporting Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT