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CARDIAC RESUSCITATION
Samuel Alcott Thompson, GEORGE L. BIRNBAUM, Irving Shiner
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Abstract
Up to the present time, cardiac resuscitation has usually been attempted on patients who die in the operating room. With the increased knowledge of the physiology of the cardiorespiratory system and improvement in equipment, the possibility of cardiac resuscitation outside the operating room and particularly in warfare should become a reality. Being prepared for such occasions by having a definite plan of treatment and suitable equipment will result in a greater number of successful cases. It is our purpose in this paper to review some of the methods of cardiac resuscitation, to present experimental and clinical evidence of the value of certain resuscitation procedures, to present a plan of treatment for cardiac or, better called, cardiorespiratory resuscitation and to report a case of successful resuscitation following auricular and ventricular fibrillation. The physiology of the cardiovascular system and that of the respiratory system are so intimately connected and interdependent that changes