Ian Jacobs, Vinay Nadkarni, Jan Bahr, Robert A Berg, John E Billi, Leo Bossaert, Pascal Cassan, Ashraf Coovadia, Kate D'Este, Judith Finn, Henry Halperin, Anthony Handley, Johan Herlitz, Robert Hickey, Ahamed Idris, Walter Kloeck, Gregory Luke Larkin, Mary Elizabeth Mancini, Pip Mason, Gregory Mears, Koenraad Monsieurs, William Montgomery, Peter Morley, Graham Nichol, Jerry Nolan, Kazuo Okada, Jeffrey Perlman, Michael Shuster, Petter Andreas Steen, Fritz Sterz, James Tibballs, Sergio Timerman, Tanya Truitt, David Zideman
Outcome following cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is dependent on critical interventions, particularly early defibrillation, effective chest compressions, and advanced life support. Utstein-style definitions and reporting templates have been used extensively in published studies of cardiac arrest, which has led to greater understanding of the elements of resuscitation practice and progress toward international consensus on science and resuscitation guidelines. Despite the development of Utstein templates to standardize research reports of cardiac arrest, international registries have yet to be developed...
December 2004: Resuscitation