Cardiopulmonary resuscitation development.

As the popularity of chloroform as an anesthetic agent grew, deaths associated with its use began to be reported. It was found that this was due to respiratory and cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a method for restoring the circulation and respiration in a patient who has suffe...

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I publikationen:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 2 (2005).
Huvudupphovsman:	Geddes, L.A
Materialtyp:	Artikel
Språk:	English
Ämnen:	Artificial respiration. Blood. Cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Chloroform anesthesia. Circulation. Forcible rhythmic chest compression. Heart attack. Mouth-to-mouth lung inflation. Respiratory arrest.