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Professor School of Clinical Sciences University of Bristol Bristol, UK
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Royal United Hospital Bath, UK
The treatment of cardiac arrest has made significant progress over the last 10–15 years. This period marks a significant turning point, because the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) had often been considered an exercise in futility, with no improvement in outcome for the previous 30 years (Berdowski et al. 2010). In recent years, several investigators have documented marked improvements...
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Professor Jerry P. Nolan, FRCA FRCP FFICM FCEM (Hon), is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath , UK and Honorary Professor of Resuscitation Medici
READ MOREIn this article, Dr. Nolan discusses the benefits of induced hypothermia following cardiac arrest. He further explains the key factors that must be considered when implementing this therapy to optimize patient outcome. Of the patients who sustain an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by cardiac disease, just 7%survive to hospital discharge (Pell 2003). Survival to discharge after in-hospital...
READ MOREAn Interview with Dr. Jerry Nolan Dr. Jerry Nolan was co-editor of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010. He is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath in the UK. In addition he serves as Vice Chairman of the European Resuscitation Council, a Member of the Executive Committee of the Resuscitation Council (UK),...
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