A review of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and its history

✍ Scribed by Aitchison, Robert; Aitchison, Pamela; Wang, Ernest; Kharasch, Morris

• Book ID: 123338587
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 89 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-5029
• DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2013.03.002

✦ Synopsis

The first guidelines for the performance of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were published in 1966. However, earlier attempts at resuscitation extend back hundreds of years.