Advanced search
Publication Cover
Prehospital Emergency Care Volume 15, 2011 - Issue 3
Submit an article Journal homepage
460
Views
15
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Immediate Defibrillation or Defibrillation After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Soichi Koike From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD,
Seizan Tanabe From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, MD,
Toshio Ogawa From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, MS,
Manabu Akahane From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, MD, PhD,
Hideo Yasunaga From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, MD, PhD,
Hiromasa Horiguchi From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, PhD,
Shinya Matsumoto From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, BS &
Tomoaki Imamura From the Department of Planning, Information and Management (SK, SM), the University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan; the Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo (ST), Hachioji, Japan; the Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy (TO, MA, TI), Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan; and the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Policy (HY, HH), University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan. Revision received February 11, 2011; accepted for publication February 14, 2011.
, MD, PhD show all
Pages 393-400 | Published online: 26 Apr 2011

References

  • Electrical therapies: automated external defibrillators, defibrillation, cardioversion, and pacing. Circulation. 2005;112:IV-35–IV-46.
  • Kern KB, Garewal HS, Sanders AB, Depletion of myocardial adenosine triphosphate during prolonged untreated ventricular fibrillation: effect on defibrillation success. Resuscitation. 1990;20:221–9.
  • Niemann J, Cairns C, Sharma J, Lewis R. Treatment of prolonged ventricular fibrillation: immediate countershock versus high-dose epinephrine and CPR preceding countershock. Circulation. 1992;85:281–7.
  • Cobb LA, Fahrenbruch CE, Walsh TR, Influence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to defibrillation in patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation. JAMA. 1999;281:1182–8.
  • Wik L, Hansen TB, Fylling F, Delaying defibrillation to give basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation to patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation. A randomized trial. JAMA. 2003;289:1389–95.
  • Jacobs I, Finn J, Oxer H, Jelinek G. CPR before defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trial. Emerg Med Australas. 2005;17:39–45.
  • Baker P, Conway J, Cotton C, Defibrillation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation first for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest found by paramedics to be in ventricular fibrillation? A randomised control trial. Resuscitation. 2008;79: 424–31.
  • Bradley SM, Gabriel EE, Aufderheide TP, , Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Survival increases with CPR by emergency medical services before defibrillation of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia: observations from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. Resuscitation. 2010;81:155–62.
  • Subcommittee for Japanese Resuscitation Guideline Development. National Resuscitation Guideline for Citizens, Third Revised Edition. Tokyo: Herusu-Shuppan, 2006.
  • Subcommittee for Japanese Resuscitation Guideline Development. National Resuscitation Guideline for Health Professionals, Third Revised Edition. Tokyo: Herusu-Shuppan, 2007.
  • Jacobs I, Nadkarni V, Bahr J, Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports: update and simplification of the Utstein templates for resuscitation registries: a statement for healthcare professionals from a task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa). Circulation. 2004;110:3385–97.
  • Kitamura T, Iwami T, Kawamura T, Nagao K, Tanaka H, Hiraide A. Nationwide public-access defibrillation in Japan. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:994–1004.
  • Cummins RO, Chamberlain DA, Abramson NS, Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Utstein style. A statement for health professionals from a task force of the American Heart Association, the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the Australian Resuscitation Council. Circulation. 1991;84:960–75.
  • Guidelines 2000 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. Part 4: The automated external defibrillator: key link in the chain of survival. The American Heart Association in Collaboration with the Internal Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Circulation. 2000;102(8 suppl): I60–I76.
  • Larsen MP, Eisenberg MS, Cummins RO, Hallstrom AP. Predicting survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a graphic model. Ann Emerg Med. 1993;22:1652–8.
  • De Maio VJ, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Spaite DW. Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Study Group: optimal defibrillation response intervals for maximum out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. Ann Emerg Med. 2003;42:242–50.
  • Hayashi Y, Hiraide A, Morita H, Three year longitudinal study for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Osaka Prefecture. Resuscitation. 2004;63:161–6.
  • Ioannidis JP, Haidich AB, Pappa M, Comparison of evidence of treatment effects in randomized and nonrandomized studies. JAMA. 2001;286:821–30.
  • Kajino K, Iwami T, Daya M, Impact of transport to critical care medical centers on outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2010;81: 549–54.
  • Cordell WH, Olinger ML, Kozak PA, Nyhuis AW. Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? Ann Emerg Med. 1994;23: 1032–6.
  • Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Report of the Commission on Utilization of Utstein Statistics, March 2008 [in Japanese]. Available at: http://www.fdma.go.jp/neuter/topics/houdou/200417/200417–1houdou_z.pdf. Accessed December 18, 2010.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.