{"id":408,"date":"2020-10-26T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2020-10-26T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T20:04:10","slug":"new-cpr-and-emergency-cv-care-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"New CPR and Emergency CV Care Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpr.heart.org\/en\/resuscitation-science\/cpr-and-ecc-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Heart Association<\/a>&nbsp;has\nreleased its updated 2020 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and\nemergency cardiovascular care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nseven-part series was published through the journal&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/toc\/circ\/current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Circulation<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>on October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emsworld.com\/press-release\/1225177\/aha-releases-new-cprecc-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMSWorld<\/a>&nbsp;reports\nthe 2020 guidelines \u201creflect the latest global resuscitation science and\ntreatment recommendations derived from the 2020 International Consensus on CPR\nand ECC with Treatment Recommendations,\u201d the AHA said in announcing the\nrelease. The AHA guideline is considered the gold standard of clinical\nrecommendations in the practice of resuscitation science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights\nof the new guidelines include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Updated CPR guidelines that\n     recognize health disparities and the management of opioid-related\n     emergencies;<\/li><li>Expansion of the Chain of\n     Survival to include a recovery link, which emphasizes the physical, social,\n     and emotional needs of patients and their caregivers post-hospital;<\/li><li>Suggestions on ways to increase\n     the delivery of CPR by lay rescuers, including the use of mobile\n     technology to recruit trained laypersons to assist with CPR rescues.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nguidelines offer suggestions for increasing lay rescuer CPR rates, noting that\ncurrently less than 40% of nonhospitalized adults experiencing cardiac arrest\nreceive lay person-initiated CPR before the arrival of EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some\nof the new or updated suggestions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Raising awareness of the need\n     for laypersons to initiate CPR;<\/li><li>Underscoring that the risk of\n     harm to the patient is low;<\/li><li>Use of mobile phone technology\n     to increase the rate of bystander CPR and AED use; and<\/li><li>Bystander CPR training that\n     targets socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic populations that have\n     historically exhibited lower rates of bystander CPR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall,\nthe 2020 guidelines outline 491 recommendations specific to adult, pediatric,\nand neonatal life support, resuscitation education science, and systems of care.<\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;American Heart Association&nbsp;has released its updated 2020 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. The seven-part series was published through the journal&nbsp;Circulation&nbsp;on October 21. 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