Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

The greatest potential for survival of sudden cardiac arrest is achieved through recognition of early warning signs, activation of emergency medical systems, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, early defibrillation, and airway management. Critical care nurses rely not only on CPR as a life-saving technique, but also they rely on measures of preventing cardiac arrest as life-saving techniques as well. This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics presents a multitude of articles on topics such as pediatric advanced life support guidelines, implantable cardioverter defibrilators, teaching resuscitation, and documentation of resuscitation events. experts on CPR, post resuscitation care, and international guidelines on emergency cardiac care contribute to this issue.