摘要: Fifty years have passed since Kouwenhoven, Jude, and Knickerbocker1 proposed external chest compression to provide circulation of blood the brain heart after cardiac arrest. Shortly thereafter, mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing was adopted as an essential addition this lifesaving procedure. Since that time, there has been very little fundamental change in method or manner cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Decades observational studies shown survival is improved if CPR performed by bystanders rather than being provided only when emergency medical services (EMS) staff arrives. The use automated defibrillators . . .