So by 2015ish we should have some idea if an antiarrhythmic given during cardiac arrest actually works. Sweet.
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Trials start to evaluate CPR, drugs after sudden cardiac arrest
The majority of the approximately 350,000 people who have cardiac arrest in the US each year are assessed by emergency medical service (EMS) providersShare inShare.
By the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
BETHESDA, Md. — The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause-free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest compressions and pauses for rescue breathing.
The other trial will compare treatment with the drug amiodarone, another drug called lidocaine, or neither medication (a salt-water placebo) in participants with shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats chaotically instead of pumping blood.
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Follow the link for the full story
http://www.ems1.com/cardiac-care/ar...aluate-CPR-drugs-after-sudden-cardiac-arrest/
Trials start to evaluate CPR, drugs after sudden cardiac arrest
The majority of the approximately 350,000 people who have cardiac arrest in the US each year are assessed by emergency medical service (EMS) providersShare inShare.
By the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
BETHESDA, Md. — The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause-free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest compressions and pauses for rescue breathing.
The other trial will compare treatment with the drug amiodarone, another drug called lidocaine, or neither medication (a salt-water placebo) in participants with shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats chaotically instead of pumping blood.
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