Basic life support (BLS)

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death in Worldwide. Seventy percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) occur in the home, and approximately 50% are unwitnessed. Outcome from OHCA remains poor: only 10.8% of adult patients with nontraumatic cardiac arrest who have rec...

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Main Author: Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
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Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/1/Invitation%20letter.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/2/Certificate_speaker_BLS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/3/Basic%20Life%20Support%20%26%20CPR.pdf
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description Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death in Worldwide. Seventy percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) occur in the home, and approximately 50% are unwitnessed. Outcome from OHCA remains poor: only 10.8% of adult patients with nontraumatic cardiac arrest who have received resuscitative efforts from emergency medical services (EMS) survive to hospital discharge. In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has a better outcome, with 22.3% to 25.5% of adults surviving to discharge.
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spelling iium-730552020-12-15T03:39:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/ Basic life support (BLS) Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death in Worldwide. Seventy percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) occur in the home, and approximately 50% are unwitnessed. Outcome from OHCA remains poor: only 10.8% of adult patients with nontraumatic cardiac arrest who have received resuscitative efforts from emergency medical services (EMS) survive to hospital discharge. In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has a better outcome, with 22.3% to 25.5% of adults surviving to discharge. 2019 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/1/Invitation%20letter.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/2/Certificate_speaker_BLS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/3/Basic%20Life%20Support%20%26%20CPR.pdf Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah (2019) Basic life support (BLS). In: Basic Life Support Workshop, 2nd May 2019, Kuantan, Pahang. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle RT Nursing
RT71 Study and Teaching
Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah
Basic life support (BLS)
title Basic life support (BLS)
title_full Basic life support (BLS)
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topic RT Nursing
RT71 Study and Teaching
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/1/Invitation%20letter.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/2/Certificate_speaker_BLS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73055/3/Basic%20Life%20Support%20%26%20CPR.pdf