Updated International Guidelines for Ventilation During CPR

This update focuses on continuous compressions versus interruptions for ventilation.

Sponsoring Organization: International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)

Target Audience: Bystanders, emergency medical services (EMS) dispatchers, EMS providers, physicians who care for patients in cardiac arrest.

Background and Objective

Quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has become the central factor in improving outcomes of cardiac arrest. ILCOR has moved from a 5-year cycle for releasing guidelines to a continuous process of conducting systematic reviews and annual publication of recent results. These guidelines focus on the key issue of when to give ventilations during CPR.

Key Recommendations

Dispatchers should provide instructions for compression-only CPR to bystanders calling about an adult with suspected out-of-hospit…

Reviewing Author

Daniel M. Lindberg, MD

Disclosures

RoyaltiesUpToDate

Grant/Research SupportEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; MINDSOURCE

Editorial BoardsThe Quarterly Update: Reviews of Current Child Abuse Medical Research; Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesThe Helfer Society (Executive Committee Member)