title: Katsu: traditional Japanese resuscitation methods.
abstract: Twelve traditional Japanese resuscitation methods, called Katsu, are described, and their history and medical aspects are compared with those of traditional Western methods of manual resuscitation. Five katsu, developed parallel to but independently of traditional Western methods, are inferior to CPR and are of historical interest only. Seven katsu not evaluated by Western researchers could be valuable if proven effective because they can be applied where CPR cannot.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*