Laurie J. Morrison
A5077878204- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Disaster Response and Management
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
2013-2025
Health Sciences Centre
2009-2025
University of Toronto
2016-2025
St. Michael's Hospital
2015-2025
Yale University
2014-2025
Restorix Health
2025
Public Health Ontario
2003-2024
University Hospital Galway
2016-2024
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2015-2024
Morrison Tech
2014-2023
A dvanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) impacts mul- tiple key links in the chain of survival that include interventions to prevent cardiac arrest, treat and improve outcomes patients who achieve return spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after arrest.ACLS aimed at preventing arrest airway management, ventilation support, treatment bradyarrhythmias tachyarrhythmias.For ACLS build on basic (BLS) foundation immediate recognition activation emergency response system, early CPR, rapid...
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Utstein-style guidelines contribute to improved public health internationally by providing a structured framework with which compare emergency medical services systems. Advances in resuscitation science, new insights into important predictors of outcome from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and lessons learned methodological research prompted this review update the 2004 Utstein guidelines. Representatives International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation developed an updated reporting...
The process used to generate the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC was significantly different from in prior releases of Guidelines, marks planned transition a 5-year cycle evidence review continuous evaluation process.The continues partner with International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) process.However, 2015, ILCOR prioritized topics systematic based clinical significance availability new
Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of superscripted letters and numbers (eg, "Cricoid Pressure ALS-CPR&A-007B ").These callouts are hyperlinked to evidence-based worksheets, which were used in development article.An appendix applicable is located at end text.The worksheets available PDF format open access.The topics reviewed by International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Advanced Life Support Task Force grouped as follows: (1) airway ventilation, (2)...
Patients with a myocardial infarction ST-segment elevation who present to hospitals that do not have the capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often cannot undergo timely primary PCI and therefore receive fibrinolysis. The role optimal timing routine after fibrinolysis been established.We randomly assigned 1059 high-risk patients had were receiving fibrinolytic therapy at centers did either standard treatment (including rescue PCI, if required, or delayed...
The 2010 international guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation recently recommended an increase in the minimum compression depth from 38 to 50 mm, although there are limited human data support this. We sought study patterns of and their associations with patient outcomes out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases treated by 2005 guideline standards.Prospective cohort.Seven U.S. Canadian urban regions.We studied emergency medical services patients Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium...
Antiarrhythmic drugs are used commonly in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation or pulseless tachycardia, but without proven survival benefit.
Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation recommend a chest compression rate of at least 100 compressions per minute. Animal and human studies have reported that blood flow is greatest with rates near 120/min, but few used during out-of-hospital (OOH) or the relationship between outcome. The purpose this study was to describe by emergency medical services providers resuscitate patients OOH cardiac arrest determine
Perishock pauses are in chest compressions before and after defibrillatory shock. We examined the relationship between perishock survival to hospital discharge.We included out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry-Cardiac Arrest who suffered December 2005 June 2007, presented with a shockable rhythm (ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia), had cardiopulmonary resuscitation process data for at least 1 shock (n=815). used...
Background— The 2010 American Heart Association guidelines suggested an increase in cardiopulmonary resuscitation compression depth with a target >50 mm and no upper limit. This is based on limited evidence, we sought to determine the optimal range. Methods Results— We studied emergency medical services–treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients from Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Prehospital Impedance Valve Early Versus Delayed Analysis clinical trial Epistry-Cardiac Arrest...
The incidence of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless tachycardia as the first recorded rhythm after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has unexpectedly declined. success bystander-deployed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public settings suggests that this may be more common initial when occurs public. We conducted a study to determine whether location arrest, type arrhythmia, and probability survival are associated.Between 2005 2007, we prospective cohort adults 10 North American...
T he goal of this statement is to develop consensus recom- mendations aimed at measuring and optimizing outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).For the purposes statement, IHCA defined as a that occurs in hospital (whether patient admitted or not) for which resuscitation attempted with chest compressions, defibrillation, both.