A wide range of papers (more than 100) published over the past 12 months are concerned with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, only about 20 papers contain a message of potential practical importance. Stratification of patient populations to be studied and the application of uniform reporting forms are a must if further sound knowledge is to be gathered on the effectiveness of interventions and the importance of intervention times and emergency medical service systems involved. In trauma, the emphasis is on prevention of circulatory arrest through early expert diagnosis and treatment of airway obstruction, hypoventilation, hypovolaemia, obstruction of venous return and ongoing haemorrhage.
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