A systematic review of interventions for resuscitation following drowning.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, in collaboration with drowning researchers from around the world, aimed to review the evidence addressing seven key resuscitation interventions: 1) immediate versus delayed resuscitation; (2) compression first versus ventilation first strategy; (3) compression-only CPR versus standard CPR (compressions and ventilations); (4) ventilation with and without equipment; (5) oxygen administration prior to hospital arrival; (6) automated external defibrillation first versus cardiopulmonary resuscitation first strategy; (7) public access defibrillation programmes.

Methods

The review included studies relating to adults and children who had sustained a cardiac arrest following drowning with control groups and reported pat

SUBMITTER: Bierens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323217 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature