Study raises questions over timing of heart shocks in resuscitation guidelines
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Two studies evaluate treatments for patients with cardiac arrest in hospital. Guidelines previously called for "stacked" shocks with minimal time delay between defibrillation attempts. But in 2005 the guidelines were revised to recommend deferring a second attempt at defibrillation to allow time for chest compressions. However, data on the effect of these changes on survival for patients with cardiac arrest in hospital are lacking.