Catherine Henshall, Sharon Dorgan, Julie Menzies, Nancy Hopewell, Michelle Briggs, Nicola Cunningham, Heather Rostron, Sarah Brand, Jennifer Allison
Embedding clinical research in pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes
Journal of research in nursing : JRN
basic life support bls refers maintaining airway patency supporting breathing circulation without use equipment protective device1recommended guidelines uniform reporting data outofhospital cardiac arrest utstein style prepared task force representatives european resuscitation council american heart association heart stroke foundation canada australian resuscitation councilresuscitation 1991 22 126abstract full text pdf pubmed scopus 102 google scholar section contains guidelines adult bls use automated external defibrillator aed also includes recognition sudden cardiac arrest recovery position management choking foreignbody airway obstruction guidelines use manual defibrillators starting inhospital resuscitation found sections 3 42deakin cd nolan jp sunde k koster rw european resuscitation council guidelines resuscitation 2010 section 3 electrical therapies automated external defibrillators defibrillation cardioversion pacingresuscitation 2010 81 12931304abstract full text full text pdf pubmed scopus 49 google scholar 3deakin cd nolan jp soar j et aleuropean resuscitation council guidelines resuscitation 2010 section 4 adult advanced life supportresuscitation 2010 81 13051352abstract full text full text pdf pubmed scopus 258 google scholar many recommendations made erc guidelines 2005 remain unchanged either new studies published new evidence since 2005 merely strengthened evidence already available examples general design bls aed algorithms way need cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr recognised use aeds including shock protocols 302 ratio compressions ventilations recognition management choking victim contrast new evidence published since 2005 necessitates changes components 2010 guidelines 2010 changes comparison 2005 guidelines summarised heredispatchers trained interrogate callers strict protocols elicit information information focus recognition unresponsiveness quality breathing combination unresponsiveness absence breathing abnormality breathing start dispatch protocol suspected cardiac arrest importance gasping sign cardiac arrest result increased emphasis recognition training dispatch interrogationall rescuers trained provide chest compressions victims cardiac arrest strong emphasis delivering high quality chest compressions remains essential aim push depth least 5 cm rate least 100 compressions per minute allow full chest recoil minimise interruptions chest compressions trained rescuers also provide ventilations compressionventilation ratio 302 telephoneguided cpr encouraged untrained rescuers told deliver uninterrupted chest compressions onlyin order maintain highquality cpr feedback rescuers important use promptfeedback devices cpr enable immediate feedback rescuers data stored rescue equipment used monitor quality cpr performance provide feedback professional rescuers debriefing sessionswhen rescuers apply aed analysis heart rhythm delivery shock delayed period cpr however cpr given minimal interruptions application aed usefurther development aed programmes encouragedthere need deployment aeds public residential areas