Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Rescue Therapies

Crit Care Med. 2021 Sep 1;49(9):1375-1388. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005106.

Abstract

The history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Society of Critical Care Medicine have much in common, as many of the founders of the Society of Critical Care Medicine focused on understanding and improving outcomes from cardiac arrest. We review the history, the current, and future state of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / history*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / trends
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Critical Care / organization & administration
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans