Assisted ventilation for bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing is a barrier to the performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Experimental data suggest that mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing may not be necessary for brief periods of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation until defibrillation is available. These data are insufficient to recommend changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines, but are compelling enough to recommend further experimental and human trials.
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Sarver Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, Steele Memorial Children's Research Center of The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. rberg@peds.arizona.edu
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