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Cardiac arrest

Preparation
Immediate management
Investigations
Prevention
Prognosis
Immediate management

Perform a precordial thump a  

Why?

  • It restarts the heart in 27% of patients (95% CI: 1.0% to 54%) a

Expiry date: July 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton