Similar Survival Rates with Continuous or Interrupted CPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Both groups in this randomized trial received very high-quality compressions.

Recent American Heart Association guidelines recommend changes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) including that compressions be fast (100–120/minute), deep (5–6 cm), and continuous (NEJM JW Emerg Med Dec 2015 and Circulation 2015; 132[Suppl 2]:S315). However, the recommendation about compressions was based on retrospective cohort and animal studies and prospective studies involving multi-intervention bundles.

To tease out whether continuous compressions independently improve survival in out-of- hospital cardiac arrest, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium investigators performed a cluster randomized trial involving 114 emergency medical services agencies in North America. They randomized adults with nontraumatic cardiac arrest to receive c…

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Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP

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Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine (Board Member); American College of Healthcare Executives – Massachusetts (Board Member)

Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP

Disclosures

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine (Board Member); American College of Healthcare Executives – Massachusetts (Board Member)

Similar Survival Rates with Continuous or Interrupted CPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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