A 39-year-old female executive has a several-month history of fatigue, headache, and
memory lapse. During a period of feeling worse than usual, she called a friend, who arrived …

This section of the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC addresses cardiac arrest in
situations that require special treatments or procedures beyond those provided during basic …

Irrespective of the cause of cardiac arrest, early recognition and calling for help, including
appropriate management of the deteriorating patient, early defibrillation, high-quality …

Carbon monoxide (CO), a highly toxic gas produced by incomplete combustion of
hydrocarbons, is a relatively common cause of human injury. Human toxicity is often …

Worldwide, approximately 300 million people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds have
asthma. 296 T he worldwide prevalence of asthma symptoms ranges from 1 to 18% of the …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE GUIDELINE Philosophy of the guideline c Oxygen is a
treatment for hypoxaemia, not breathlessness.(Oxygen has not been shown to have any …

Lung injury resulting from inhalation of smoke or chemical products of combustion continues
to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Combined with cutaneous burns …

Background Poisoning with carbon monoxide (CO) remains an important cause of
accidental and intentional injury worldwide. Several unblinded non‐randomized trials have …

Note From the Writing Group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of
superscripted letters and numbers (eg,“Cricoid Pressure ALS-CPR&A-007B”). These …

The first descriptions of carbon monoxide (CO) and its toxic nature appeared in the literature
over 100 years ago in separate publications by Drs. Douglas and Haldane. Both men …