Resuscitation
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Resuscitation
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It is unclear whether either chest compressions or defibrillation is an aerosol generating event and whether there is significant transmission risk for resuscitators.
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Observational Study
The impact of resuscitation system factors on in-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes across UK hospitals: an observational study.
To explore whether variation in in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) survival can be explained by differences in resuscitation service provision across UK acute hospitals. ⋯ In this study, we identified variation in implementation of system quality indicators. Amongst hospitals that responded to our survey, the probability that individual factors increase the odds of hospital survival ranges from 10 to 89%.
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Editorial Comment
Retrieving AEDs to save a life: more complicated than it seems.