Bystander-Initiated Rescue Breathing for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests of Noncardiac Origin

201099 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Tetsuhisa Kitamura · Kyoto University

Taku Iwami · Kyoto University

Takashi Kawamura · Kawamura Hospital

Ken Nagao · Kyoto University

Hideharu Tanaka · Kyoto University

Atsushi Hiraide · Kokushikan University

Abstract

This nationwide observational study indicates that rescue breathing has an incremental benefit for OHCAs of noncardiac origin, but the impact on the overall survival after OHCA was small.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency and Acute Care Studies Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 122, Issue 3, pp. 293-299

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.926816

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