Rethinking Resuscitation
tion transmission will have long-term implications for future courses , training , and work practices . The good news is that these changes will also help lower the risk of transmission of other infections besides COVID-19 disease and help keep all of us healthier and better able to care for others .”
Moving forward , Dr . Singletary also sees more of a shift to focus on survival rates , especially with good neurological outcome rather than mortality rates from resuscitation . She sees a need to do more research to determine if some interventions are better than others and examine disparities in outcomes based on gender , race , etc . There are also various aspects of the resuscitation experience that need to be examined in more detail . An example is temperature management once someone is successfully resuscitated from cardiac arrest . What is the best way to cool someone with heatstroke ? Is it better to use liquid submersion or a cooling blanket ? Another area for research is the position of the body during resuscitation . Does the survival rate improve with a head up or torso up positioning vs . the traditional supine position ? Does leg elevation help ? Does providing additional rescue breaths following asphyxia and cardiac arrest , such as with drowning , improve survival ? “ CPR has been done in much the same way for so long ,” says Singletary . “ It ’ s time to do more research to test the impact of various interventions in different situations or settings .”
To that point , there is also more to be done to address different environments of care , specific patient populations and the diverse needs of why healthcare professionals take resuscitation education . The
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