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CARDIAC ARREST: EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS IN EMERGENCY TREATMENT OUTSIDE THE OPERATING THEATRE
Author(s) -
Dixon T. C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116841.x
Subject(s) - resuscitation , cardiac resuscitation , medicine , medical emergency , ambulance service , service (business) , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , emergency medicine , respiratory arrest , anesthesia , business , marketing
In the two‐year period 1967–1968, 171 patients with “cardiac arrest” occurring outside the operating theatre and related areas were treated by an emergency cardio‐respiratory resuscitation service In the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Twenty‐seven, or 16%, of these patients recovered completely to leave hospital, intact neurologically. The basic features of the resuscitation service are detailed, together with suggestions for improvement of such services. Comment is offered on situations In which resuscitation would seem to be unjustifiable.