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Review
. 2021;24(4):386-405.
doi: 10.1007/s10049-021-00885-x. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

[Basic life support]

[Article in German]
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Review

[Basic life support]

[Article in German]
Theresa M Olasveengen et al. Notf Rett Med. 2021.

Abstract

The European Resuscitation Council has produced these basic life support guidelines, which are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. The topics covered include cardiac arrest recognition, alerting emergency services, chest compressions, rescue breaths, automated external defibrillation (AED), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality measurement, new technologies, safety, and foreign body airway obstruction.

Der Europäische Rat für Wiederbelebung hat diese Leitlinie – Basismaßnahmen zur Wiederbelebung – auf Grundlage des International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations 2020 erstellt. Die behandelten Themen umfassen: Erkennen eines Herz-Kreislauf-Stillstands, Alarmierung des Rettungsdiensts, Herzdruckmassage (Thoraxkompressionen), Beatmung/Atemspende, automatisierte externe Defibrillation (AED), Qualitätsmessung der Wiederbelebung, neue Technologien, Sicherheit und Verlegung der Atemwege durch Fremdkörper.

Keywords: Automated external defibrillator; Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Emergency medical dispatch; Emergency medical services; Guidelines; Rescue breaths; Ventilation.

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Conflict of interest statement

InteressenkonfliktT.M. Olasveengen declares research funding from Laerdal Foundation and Zoll Foundation. J. Soar declares his role as an editor of Resuscitation; he declares institutional research funding for the Audit‑7 project. M. Smyth reports unspecified institutional research funding. G. Ristagno declares his role of consultant for Zoll; he reports research grant from Zoll for the AMSA trial and other Institutional grants: EU Horizon 2020 support for ESCAPE-NET, Fondazione Sestini support for the project “CPArtrial”, EU Horizon 2020 and Coordination and support for the action “iProcureSecurity”. G.D. Perkins reports funding from Elsevier for his role as an editor of the journal Resuscitation. He reports research funding from the National Institute for Health Research in relation to the PARAMEDIC2 trial and the RESPECT project and from the Resuscitation Council UK and British Heart Foundation for the OHCAORegistry. A. Handley declared his role of Medical advisor British Airways and Medical Director of Places for People. F. Semeraro, M. Castren, A. Kuzovlev, K.G. Monsieurs, V. Raffay, and H. Svavarsdóttir declare that they have no competing interests. [Stand 07.05.2020, Originalartikel in Resucitation]

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