Small animal cardiopulmonary resuscitation requires a continuum of care: proposal for a chain of survival for veterinary patients

摘要

Considerable efforts have been made to advance methods of CPR since its introduction 50 years ago. As the understanding of CPR has evolved, so has the definition of its major components that contribute to survival. Twenty years ago, the AHA introducedthe so-called chain of survival, which serves as a metaphor for the importance of approaching CPA in a timely, sequential, and comprehensive manner. As originally described, the components, or links, in this chain of survival included early access to help, early initiation of CPR, early defibrillation, and early advanced cardiac life support. A number of recent developments in CPR research have encouraged the focused optimization of individual links in the chain of survival, with the goal of optimizingthe overall CPR process.