European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 1. Executive summary

Resuscitation - Tập 81 Số 10 - Trang 1219-1276 - 2010
Jerry P. Nolan1, Jasmeet Soar2, David Zideman3, Dominique Biarent4, Leo Bossaert5, Charles D. Deakin6, Rudolph W. Koster7, Jonathan Wyllie8, Bernd W. Böttiger9
1Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
2Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
3Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
4Paediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
5Cardiology and Intensive Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
6Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
7Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8Neonatology and Paediatrics, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
9Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Köln, Germany

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