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Automated External Defibrillat Resuscitation 81 (2010) 1293–1304 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Resuscitation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resuscitation European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 3. Electrical therapies: Automated external defibrillators, defibrillation, cardioversion and pacing Charles D. Deakin a,∗, Jerry P. Nolan b, Kjetil Sunde c, Rudolph W. Koster d a Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Southampton, UK b Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK c Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo, Norway d Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Summary of changes since 2005 Guidelines occurs during cardiac catheterisation or in the early post- operative period following cardiac surgery. This three-shock The most important changes in the 2010 European Resuscitation strategy may also be considered for an initial, witnessed VF/VT Council (ERC) guidelines for electrical therapies include: cardiac arrest when the patient is already connected to a manual defibrillator. • Electrode pastes and gels can spread between the two paddles, • The importance of early, uninterrupted chest compressions is creating the potential for a spark and should not be used emphasised throughout these guidelines. • Much greater emphasis on minimising the duration of the pre- shock and post-shock pauses. The continuation of compressions during charging of the defibrillator is recommended. • Immediate resumption of chest compressions following defib- Introduction rillation is also emphasised; in combination with continuation of compressions during defibrillator charging, the delivery of The chapter presents guidelines for defibrillation using both defibrillation should be achievable with an interruption in chest automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and manual defibrillators. compressions of no more than 5 s. There are only a few differences from the 2005 ERC Guidelines. All • Safety of the rescuer remains paramount, but there is recogni- healthcare providers and lay responders can use AEDs as an inte- tion in these guidelines that the risk of harm to a rescuer from gral component of basic life support. Manual defibrillation is used a defibrillator is very small, particularly if the rescuer is wearing as part of advanced life support (ALS) therapy. Synchronised car- gloves. The focus is now on a rapid safety check to minimise the dioversion and pacing options are included on many defibrillators pre-shock pause. and are also discussed in this chapter. • When treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, emergency med- Defibrillation is the passage of an electrical current across the ical services (EMS) personnel should provide good-quality CPR myocardium of sufficient magnitude to depolarise a critical mass while a defibrillator is retrieved, applied and charged, but rou- of myocardium and enable restoration of coordinated electrical tine delivery of a pre-specified period of CPR (e.g., 2 or 3 min) activity. Defibrillation is defined as the termination of fibrillation before rhythm analysis and a shock is delivered is no longer or, more precisely, the absence of VF/VT at 5 s after shock deliv- recommended. For some emergency medical services that have ery; however, the goal of attempted defibrillation is to restore an already fully implemented a pre-specified period of chest com- organised rhythm and a spontaneous circulation. pressions before defibrillation, given the lack of convincing data Defibrillator technology is advancing rapidly. AED interaction either supporting or refuting this strategy, it is reasonable for with the rescuer through voice prompts is now established and them to continue this practice. future technology may enable more specific instructions to be given • The use of up to three-stacked shocks may be considered if by voice prompt. The evolving ability of defibrillators to assess ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) the rhythm whilst CPR is in progress is an important advance and enables rescuers to assess the rhythm without interrupting exter- nal chest compressions. In the future, waveform analysis may also ∗ enable the defibrillator to calculate the optimal time at which to Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (C.D. Deakin). give a shock. 0300-9572/$ – see front matter © 2010 European Resuscitation Council. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.008 1294 C.D. Deakin et al. / Resuscitation 81 (2010) 1293–1304 A vital link in the Chain of Survival In-hospital use of AEDs Defibrillation is a key link in the Chain of Survival and is one At the time of the 2010 Consensus on CPR Science Conference of the few interventions that have been shown to improve out- there were no published randomised trials comparing in-hospital come from VF/VT cardiac arrest. The previous guidelines published use of AEDs with manual defibrillators. Two lower level studies in 2005 rightly emphasized the importance of early defibrillation of adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest from shockable rhythms with minimum delay.1,2 showed higher survival to hospital discharge rates when defib- The probability of successful defibrillation and subsequent sur- rillation was provided through an AED programme than with 21,22 23 vival to hospital discharge declines rapidly with time3,4 and the manual defibrillation alone. One retrospective study demon- ability to deliver early defibrillation is one of the most impor- strated no improvements in survival to hospital discharge for tant factors in determining survival from cardiac arrest. For every in-hospital adult cardiac arrest when using an AED compared with minute delay in defibrillation, in the absence of bystander CPR, sur- manual defibrillation. In this study, patients in the AED group vival from witnessed VF decreases by 10–12%.4,5 EMS systems do with initial asystole or pulseless electrical activity (PEA) had a not generally have the capability to deliver defibrillation through lower survival to hospital discharge rate compared with those traditional paramedic responders within the first few minutes of in the manual defibrillator group (15% versus 23%; p = 0.04). A a call and the alternative use of trained lay responders to deliver manikin study showed that use of an AED significantly increased prompt defibrillation using AEDs is now widespread. EMS sys- the likelihood of delivering three shocks but increased the time to 24 tems that have reduced time to defibrillation following cardiac deliver the shocks when compared with manual defibrillators. arrest using trained lay responders have reported greatly improved In contrast, a study of mock arrests in simulated patients showed survival to hospital discharge rates,6–9 some as high as 75% if defib- that use of monitoring leads and fully automated defibrilla- rillation is performed within 3 min of collapse.10 This concept has tors reduced time to defibrillation when compared with manual 25 also been extended to in-hospital cardiac arrests where staff, other defibrillators. than doctors, are also being trained to defibrillate using an AED Delayed defibrillation may occur when patients sustain car- before arrival of the cardiac arrest team.11 diac arrest in unmonitored hospital beds and in outpatient 26 When bystander CPR is provided, the fall in survival is departments. In these areas several minutes may elapse before more gradual and averages 3–4% per minute from collapse to resuscitation teams arrive with a defibrillator and deliver shocks. defibrillation3,4,12; bystander CPR can double3,4,13 or triple14 sur- Despite limited evidence, AEDs should be considered for the hospi- vival from witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation tal setting as a way to facilitate early defibrillation (a goal of <3 min instructions given by the ambulance service before the arrival of from collapse), especially in areas where healthcare providers have trained help increase the quantity and quality of bystander CPR15,16 no rhythm recognition skills or where they use defibrillators infre- and use of video instructions by phone may improve performance quently. An effective system for training and retraining should be 11 further.17,18 in place. Enough healthcare providers should be trained to enable All healthcare providers with a duty to perform CPR should be achievement of the goal of providing the first shock within 3 min trained, equipped, and encouraged to perform defibrillation and of collapse anywhere in the hospital. Hospitals should monitor CPR. Early defibrillation should be available throughout all hospi- collapse-to-first shock intervals and monitor resuscitation out- tals, outpatient medical facilities and public areas of mass gathering comes. (see Section 2).19 Those trained in the use of an AED should also be trained to deliver high-quality CPR before arrival of ALS providers Shock in manual versus semi-automatic mode so that the effectiveness of early defibrillation can be optimised. Many AEDs can be operated in both manual and semi-automatic mode but few studies have compared these two options. The semi- Automated external defibrillators automatic mode has been shown to reduce time to first shock when used both in-hospital27 and pre-hospital28 settings, and results Automated external defibrillators are sophisticated, reliable in higher VF conversion rates,28 and delivery of fewer inappro- computerised devices that use voice and visual prompts to guide priate shocks.29 Conversely, semi-automatic modes result in less lay rescuers and healthcare
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