The Forgotten Role of Bystander CPR to Improve Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in Oman
Journal Title: Oman Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 33, Issue 2
Abstract
The collapse of a young healthy adult in the workplace or on a football field, or the collapse of a senior family member at home are not uncommon events in the Omani community. Out of hospital cardiac arrest remains the most common cause of death worldwide. Those victims require an immediate response from a bystander because they suffer immediate hypoxic brain injury due to ineffective cerebral perfusion. The events are time-dependent and if not responded to immediately may result in permanent brain damage and death. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) offered to those victims has the potential to reverse such changes and may result in favorable outcomes.
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Mahmood Al Jufaili
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- DOI 10.5001/omj.2018.19
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