Question 1

is there any difference between "do not resuscitate" and "do not attempt resuscitation" orders?

Accepted Answer

NO: "do not resusitate" and "do not attempt resusitation" orders would be received by medical professionals that the patient would not want to be resusitated in the event of a cardiopulmonary arrest/event.

Question 2

how is a central line used in emergency resuscitation?

Accepted Answer

Central lines: During an emergency resuscitation, it is necessary to rapidly administer fluids as well as medications intravenously. This is easier to do via the larger caliber "central" veins rather than the peripheral veins. Therefore, a central line is often quickly established in the subclavian vein, internal jugular vein, or femoral vein. These can also be useful for drawing venous blood for urgent  labwork.

Question 3

what is resuscitation in a hospital?

Accepted Answer

CPR: Resuscitation is defined as any medical intervention to sustain life, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest. However, resuscitation is not limited solely to CPR. Patients who require resuscitation in the hospital are usually critically-ill requiring life support in the setting of an intensive care unit (ICU).

Question 4

what is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

Accepted Answer

CPR: First responder assessment and breathing and circulation treatment for person in trouble, conscious or unconsious.

Question 5

what requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation ?

Accepted Answer

Arrest: CPR is initiated basically when the heart stops working and or the patient stops breathing. It's a bit of an oversimplification but that's the premise.

Question 6

what's the defintion cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr)?

Accepted Answer

CPR: CPR means cardiopulomnary resuscitation. When an individual suffers a cardiac arrest, blood circulation stops and organs suffer and the individual can die. By instituting CPR as quickly as possible a life can be saved. Simply put, it is an emergency procedure where by performing external compression of the chest over the heart, blood flow is temporarily restored to vital organs.

Question 7

what are the first aid steps for resuscitation?

Accepted Answer

CPR: Take a course in CPR from the red cross. Frist call 911. Then start caridac massage. Then secure an airways and provide oxygen if you can but caridac massage done properly is the most important.

Question 8

how does cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) work?

Accepted Answer

CPR HOW IT WORKS: The main principal of CPR to to keep a persons vital organs to be oxygenated.This is not possible unless heart is pumping blood and lungs are able to get oxygen in the body.Hence the word cardio(heart)pulmonary(lung)resusccitation.So you pump the heart to push blood in vital organs and breathe through artificail means to oxygenate the blood.

Question 9

who invented cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr)? firemen?

Accepted Answer

WHO INVENTED CPR: No that is not the case CPR was first described by a french doctor in 1741, to give mouth to mouth resuscitation to dying victims.Since then we have come a long way and its evolution started in serious terms in earlu 1970s and it has had many changes over the years and many changes may take place in future.But it is not invented by firemen but by medical specialists.

Question 10

cardiopulmonary resuscitation. where do i find new guidelines?

Accepted Answer

AHA website: The american heart association updates the guidelines approximately every 5 years.  The most recent guidelines were in 2010.  Here is the website: http://www.Heart.Org/heartorg/cprandecc/cpr_ucm_001118_subhomepage.Jsp.

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