Self-administered hyperventilation cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 100 s of cardiac arrest during Holter monitoring.
An 80-year-old man remained conscious due to vigorous deep breathing during 100 s of ventricular arrest which was recorded on a Holter ECG. Arterial blood flow is considered to have been maintained by changes in intrathoracic pressure produced by deep respiratory movements. This case may represent a pure model of the "thoracic pump" mechanism.
Harada
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Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Shakaihoken Kobe Central Hospital, Japan.
Fuseno
H
H
Ohtomo
T
T
Yamahara
Y
Y
Nakamura
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation