CAO Yu 1,2 , HE Yarong 1,2 , HAO Di 1,2,3 , ZHENG Yue 1,2 , MA Wen 1,2,4 , ZHOU Tingyuan 1,2,3 , LI Dongze 1,2 , ZHOU Chao 1,2,5 , LIU Junzhao 1,2,3 , YE Sheng 1,2,3 , LIU Bofu 1,2 , ZHAO Yunuo 3 , YU Haifang 1,2
  • 1. Department of Emergency Medicine / Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Disaster Medical Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 4. Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610207, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Emergency Medicine, Chengdu Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610016, P. R. China;
CAO Yu, Email: yuyuer@126.com
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American Heart Association updated the guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care in November 2019. This focused update incorporates the systematic review conducted by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, an expert group consisting of hundreds of international resuscitation scientists, to identify the new evidence supporting the basic and advanced life support and first aid in emergency medical care. This focused update involves the life chain of CPR (dispatcher-assisted CPR and cardiac arrest centers), advanced cardiovascular life support (advanced airways, vasopressors, and extracorporeal CPR), and first aid for presyncope. This present review aims to interpret these updates by reviewing the literature and comparing the recommendations in this update with previous guidelines.

Citation: CAO Yu, HE Yarong, HAO Di, ZHENG Yue, MA Wen, ZHOU Tingyuan, LI Dongze, ZHOU Chao, LIU Junzhao, YE Sheng, LIU Bofu, ZHAO Yunuo, YU Haifang. Interpretation of the 2019 American Heart Association focused update on guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care: adult basic and advanced life support and first aid. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(11): 1217-1226. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201911159 Copy

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