Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Status Report

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Abstract
Restoration of life in the patient apparently dead is a dramatic culmination of the art and science of medicine. Current practice is based on three well established observations. The first is that most patients who die suddenly and unexpectedly suffer from an acute cardiac mechanism, usually an arrhythmia.1 Earlier, respiratory arrest was emphasized as a cause of sudden death. Respiratory arrest is now known to be less common than a primary cardiac mechanism except in the presence of certain neurologic disorders, during and after anesthesia, or as a consequence of overdosage with narcotics or sedatives.Secondly, the enormous magnitude of . . .