Currents Fall 2009 Issue

Some of the topics covered in this issue include:

• The final chapter on the evidence evaluation process for the 2010 Guidelines for CPR and ECC
• The 2010 ILCOR Resuscitation Giants
• Citizen CPR Foundation and its expanded mission
• Research summaries on AED program maintenance, refreshing CPR skills, emergency dispatchers helping bystanders assess agonal respirations, cost-effectiveness of therapeutic hypothermia, and two NRCPR studies
• Essays on one man’s contribution to the modern emergency services system in New York City
• Recap of CPR & AED Awareness Week and the first inductee into the Instructor Hall of Fame
• CPR training in Pittsburg, rural Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Palo Alto, California
• Boston’s EMS AED Registry
• Simplifying pediatric age-weight formulas

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Reviewed/Updated: 09/08/2009