title: [The historical review of cardio pulmonary resuscitation].
abstract: Cardio pulmonary resuscitation is the main method to rescue sudden cardiac arrest, which involved the aspects of opening airway, artificial ventilation, cardiac compression, defibrillation and pacing. By reviewing the developmental process of each aspect of the above and analyzing the historical role of academic background, important events and outstanding figures could contribute to conclude the experience and discipline in this historical process so as to grasp the developmental sequence of cardio pulmonary resuscitation and understand deeply and further perfect and develop the cardio pulmonary resuscitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the first hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China.
authors.forename: De-ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jian-zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ji-yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lv
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans