Annals of emergency medicine
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Comparative Study
Three-rescuer CPR: the method of choice for firefighter CPR?
To compare the quality of CPR provided by firefighters performing three-rescuer CPR with that achieved by firefighters trained to provide standard two-rescuer CPR. ⋯ Three rescuers can produce better CPR than two when a bag-valve-mask device is used. The technique is easily learned and readily retained.
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(1) To determine the incidence of hyponatremic seizures in infants, (2) to compare the severity and outcome of seizures in hyponatremic and normonatremic patients, and (3) to evaluate the utility of clinical predictors of hyponatremia. ⋯ Hyponatremia should be strongly suspected in an infant less than 6 months old with seizures and a temperature of 36.5 degrees C or less.