Rudolph W. Koster

TL;DR: Cardiothoracic anesthetic, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Surgical ICU, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo, Norway Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Critical Care and Resuscitation, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Warwick, UK

TL;DR: The weighted incidence estimate was significantly higher in studies including adults than in those including adults and paediatrics for treated OHCAs, and the percentage of VF and survival to discharge rates were lower in Asia than in Europe, North America, Asia, or Australia.

TL;DR: This section contains the guidelines for adult BLS by lay rescuers and for the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), which includes recognition of sudden cardiac arrest, the recovery position and management of choking.

TL;DR: This book discusses Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, neonatology and Paediatrics, and any Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, which may apply to these fields.

TL;DR: This chapter contains guidance on the techniques used during the initial resuscitation of an adult cardiac arrest victim and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).