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August 1, 1980, Vol 244, No. 5 >
ARTICLE | August 1, 1980

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Ultimate Coronary Care Unit FREE

Kevin M. McIntyre, MD,JD
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JAMA. 1980;244(5):510-511. doi:10.1001/jama.1980.03310050074016
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The work of the National Conference on Standards and Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) held in Dallas in September 1979 appears in this issue of The Journal. This updates the 1974 JAMA "Standards,"1 more than 3 million reprints of which have been circulated worldwide. Questions as to where we have been in CPR and ECC, where we are going, and where we should be going were addressed in the context of the nearly 1,000 sudden deaths per day in this country. While the Conference focused on the treatment of cardiac emergencies, the need for new initiatives and strategies working in parallel with emergency care was well appreciated. Notice was taken of the need for physicians and the medical community to embrace a new prescription for dealing with sudden death caused by coronary heart disease (CHD) that continues to emphasize improvement in capabilities for dealing effectively

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Thompson RG, Hallstrom AP, Cobb LA:  Beneficial effect of bystander initiated CPR on out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation . Circulation 56:114-118, 1977;.
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Lund I, Skulberg A:  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lay people . Lancet 2:702-704, 1976;.
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Gordon T, Kannel WR, McGee D, et al:  Death and coronary attacks in men after giving up cigarette smoking: Report from the Framingham study . Lancet 2:1345-1348, 1974;.
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Wilhelmsson C, Vedin JA, Elmfeldt D, et al:  Smoking and myocardial infarction . Lancet 1:415-420, 1975;.
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Verrier RL, Thompson PL, Lown B:  Ventricular vulnerability during sympathetic stimulation: Role of heart rate and blood pressure . Cardiovasc Res 8:602-610, 1974;.
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Verrier RL, Calvert A, Lown B:  Effect of posterior hypothalamic stimulation on ventricular fibrillation threshold . Am J Physiol 228:923-927, 1975;.
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Bellet S, DeGuzman NT, Kostis JB, et al:  The effect of inhalation of cigarette smoke on ventricular fibrillation threshold in normal dogs and dogs with acute myocardial infarction . Am Heart J 83:67-76, 1972;.
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 Five-year findings of the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program: I. Reduction in mortality of persons with high blood pressure, including mild hypertension, Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program Cooperative Group . JAMA 242:2562-2571, 1979;.
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Farquhar HW, Wood PD, Breitose H, et al:  Community education for cardiovascular health . Lancet 1:1192-1195, 1977;.
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Weinblatt E, Ruberman W, Goldberg JD, et al:  Relation of education to sudden death after myocardial infarction . N Engl J Med 299:60-65, 1978;.
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Jenkins CD:  Low education: A risk factor for death . N Engl J Med 299:95-97, 1978;.
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Kuller L, Cooper M, Perper J:  Epidemiology of sudden death . Arch Intern Med 129:714-719, 1972;.
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Kallio V, Hamalainen H, Hakkila J, et al:  Reduction in sudden deaths by a multifactorial intervention programme after acute myocardial infarction . Lancet 2:1091-1094, 1979;.

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 Standards for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiac care (ECC) . JAMA 277:833-868, 1974;.
2 +
Thompson RG, Hallstrom AP, Cobb LA:  Beneficial effect of bystander initiated CPR on out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation . Circulation 56:114-118, 1977;.
3 +
Lund I, Skulberg A:  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lay people . Lancet 2:702-704, 1976;.
4 +
Gordon T, Kannel WR, McGee D, et al:  Death and coronary attacks in men after giving up cigarette smoking: Report from the Framingham study . Lancet 2:1345-1348, 1974;.
5 +
Wilhelmsson C, Vedin JA, Elmfeldt D, et al:  Smoking and myocardial infarction . Lancet 1:415-420, 1975;.
6 +
Verrier RL, Thompson PL, Lown B:  Ventricular vulnerability during sympathetic stimulation: Role of heart rate and blood pressure . Cardiovasc Res 8:602-610, 1974;.
7 +
Verrier RL, Calvert A, Lown B:  Effect of posterior hypothalamic stimulation on ventricular fibrillation threshold . Am J Physiol 228:923-927, 1975;.
8 +
Bellet S, DeGuzman NT, Kostis JB, et al:  The effect of inhalation of cigarette smoke on ventricular fibrillation threshold in normal dogs and dogs with acute myocardial infarction . Am Heart J 83:67-76, 1972;.
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 Five-year findings of the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program: I. Reduction in mortality of persons with high blood pressure, including mild hypertension, Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program Cooperative Group . JAMA 242:2562-2571, 1979;.
10 +
Farquhar HW, Wood PD, Breitose H, et al:  Community education for cardiovascular health . Lancet 1:1192-1195, 1977;.
11 +
Weinblatt E, Ruberman W, Goldberg JD, et al:  Relation of education to sudden death after myocardial infarction . N Engl J Med 299:60-65, 1978;.
12 +
Jenkins CD:  Low education: A risk factor for death . N Engl J Med 299:95-97, 1978;.
13 +
Kuller L, Cooper M, Perper J:  Epidemiology of sudden death . Arch Intern Med 129:714-719, 1972;.
14 +
Kallio V, Hamalainen H, Hakkila J, et al:  Reduction in sudden deaths by a multifactorial intervention programme after acute myocardial infarction . Lancet 2:1091-1094, 1979;.

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