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1 hour

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Learning outcomes

1) Review the epidemiology of cardiac arrest;

2) Demonstrate how to conduct CPR;

3) Recognise the role of compression only CPR;

4) Review the use of defibrillation and drugs in CPR.

Written by:

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

Authors/Faculty:

Jerry P Nolan, Jasmeet Soar, and Gavin D Perkins

Jerry P Nolan, Jasmeet Soar, and Gavin D Perkins

Jerry P Nolan, Jasmeet Soar, and Gavin D Perkins

Biography:

Jerry P Nolan is consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at Royal United Hospital NHS Trust, Bath, BA1 3NG, UK Jasmeet Soar is consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Gavin D Perkins is professor of critical care medicine at the University of Warwick Medical School, Warwick, UK

Disclosure:

Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; JPN is editor in chief of Resuscitation (honorarium received), a board member of the European Resuscitation Council (unpaid), and a member of the executive committee of the Resuscitation Committee (UK) (unpaid), and the immediate past co-chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (unpaid); JS is vice chair of the Resuscitation Council (UK) (unpaid), chair of the advanced life support working group of the European Resuscitation Council (unpaid), co-chair of the advanced life support task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (unpaid), and an editor of Resuscitation (honorarium received); GDP is chair of the Resuscitation Council (UK) advanced life support committee (unpaid), chair of the basic life support and automated external defibrillation working group of the European Resuscitation Council (unpaid), co-chair of the basic life support and automated external defibrillation task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (unpaid), and an editor of Resuscitation (honorarium received); GDP holds research funding from the National Institute for Health Research to investigate mechanical chest compression and CPR feedback and prompt devices. All authors have been involved in local, national, and international resuscitation guideline development processes and in producing learning materials.

Activity Directors:

William D Carey, MD and Dr Sophie Cook

William D Carey, MD and Dr Sophie Cook

William D Carey, MD and Dr Sophie Cook

Biography:

William D Carey, MD is Director, Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Sophie Cook is an Assistant Editor, British Medical Journal, London.

Disclosure:

We declare no financial interests, commercial affiliations, or conflicts of interest.

CME Disclaimer:

The information in this educational activity is

....

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by any of the accreditors. In no event will any of the accreditors be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.

Accreditation

Accreditor Credits Accreditation statement
ASCOFAME 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has assigned 1 hour of CPD/CME credit to this module. BMJ Learning modules are being certified for ASCOFAME VIRTUAL (Colombia).
Australian Practice Nurses Association 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has achieved the status of an APNA Endorsed Education Provider
Austrian Academy of Physicians 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning modules have been certified for DFT Punkte. DFT Punkte are accepted in Austria
BMJ Learning 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has assigned one hour of CPD/CME credit to the module and related journal article
Cleveland Clinic 1 credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and the British Medical Journal. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dubai Health Authority 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning is approved as a CME resource by the Dubai Health Authority (accreditation number 0254/11)
European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology 1 credit, 1:00 hour This module and the accompanying journal article are accredited for one hour of CPD by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC)
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization 1:00 hour Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) of the Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait is the authority responsible for organising all aspects of postgraduate training of medical practitioners and other health professionals in Kuwait. Users within Kuwait can claim one hour or one credit per hour of learning completed.
Oman Medical Specialty Board 0.25 credits The Oman Medical Specialty Board accredits this module for 0.25 credit points under Category II
Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1:00 hour The RACP does not accredit CPD activities, but MyCPD Program guidelines state that fellows can claim a maximum of 50 credits per year for online learning under 'Category 6 - Other Learning Activities'.
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa 3 credits The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa has accredited this BMJ Learning module (accreditation number: MDB014/254/06/2010)
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 1 credit, 1:00 hour RNZCGP endorses the British Medical Journal online CME programmes

Release date

01 Oct 2012

Expiration date

01 Oct 2014

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