Yonsei Med J.  1962 Dec;3(1):71-73. 10.3349/ymj.1962.3.1.71.

Cardiac Arrest. A Report of Application of External Cardiac Massage on Three Patients

• Song SI
• Park KW
• Oh HK
• Robb IS

• KMID: 1663689
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1962.3.1.71

Abstract

Three patients who were resuscitated with external cardiac massage are reported, who recovered completely without any neurological damage. In all cases, cardiac and respiratory resuscitation was started not later than 2 minutes after arrest-respiration and heart beat returned within 7 minutes. Hypothermia was done in two cases after resuscitation to promote easier recovery. All cases recovered completely without any neurological damage or complications, thus showing a 100% survival rate. Closed cardiac massage proved to be effective in these cases of cardiac arrest.

MeSH Terms

Heart
Heart Arrest*
Heart Massage*
Humans
Hypothermia
Resuscitation
Survival Rate