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The ABC Sequence of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jan F. Crul ,
Bart T. J. Neursing  and
Ariaen H. E. Zimmerman
Jan F. Crul
Affiliation:
From the University Hospital Nÿmegen, Department of Anaesthesia, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525GA, Nÿmegen, Netherlands.
Bart T. J. Neursing
Affiliation:
From the University Hospital Nÿmegen, Department of Anaesthesia, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525GA, Nÿmegen, Netherlands.
Ariaen H. E. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
From the University Hospital Nÿmegen, Department of Anaesthesia, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525GA, Nÿmegen, Netherlands.
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Extract

From many recent publications and also from a pathophysiologic standpoint, it has become abundantly clear that probably the most important factor determining the outcome of any attempt at resuscitation is the period of time elapsed between the onset of the calamity and the initiation of “CPR.” In most of the reports on the effects of time-related variables the initiation of effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation is usually not clearly defined.

What exactly is meant by “initiation of CPR?” Since 1966 CPR has been instructed according to the “A-B-C-schedule.”

Type
Part II: Clinical Care Topics
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 1 , supplement S1: Disaster Resuscitology , 1985 , pp. 236 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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