title: [New guidelines for resuscitation in adults].
abstract: Five years after the last issue of the guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care, in 2005 American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council published new guidelines. In this review, basic life support (BLS) technique, indications for use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), recognition of sudden cardiac arrest, and management of choking (foreign-body airway obstruction) are presented according to the "Resuscitation Guidelines 2005."
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania. dimed@kmu.lt
authors.forename: Dinas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vaitkaitis
authors.forename: Vidas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pilvinis
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pranskūnas
authors.forename: Nedas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jasinskas
authors.forename: Paulius
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dobozinskas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy; D000465:Algorithms; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D047548:Defibrillators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic