Tag David Shimabukuro

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initially defined over 50 years ago as the administration of mouth-to-mouth ventilation and closed chest cardiac compressions in a pulseless patient. Since that time, significant advances in CPR and cardiovascular life support have been made.…

Blood Therapy

The practice of transfusing blood has been around for centuries. The science of transfusion medicine started in the early twentieth century with the discoveries of human blood types and sodium citrate. Human blood typing is the pillar and foundation for…