Mark S Link, Dianne L Atkins, Rod S Passman, Henry R Halperin, Ricardo A Samson, Roger D White, Michael T Cudnik, Marc D Berg, Peter J Kudenchuk, Richard E Kerber
The recommendations for electrical therapies described in this section are designed to improve survival from SCA and life-threatening arrhythmias. Whenever defibrillation is attempted, rescuers must coordinate high-quality CPR with defibrillation to minimize interruptions in chest compressions and to ensure immediate resumption of chest compressions after shock delivery. The high first-shock efficacy of newer biphasic defibrillators led to the recommendation of single shocks plus immediate CPR instead of 3-shock sequences that were recommended prior to 2005 to treat VF...
November 2, 2010: Circulation