Association between cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according: a first nationwide study in France.
Déborah JaegerMartin LafranceValentine CanonMarinos KosmopoulosChristopher GaisendreesGuillaume DebatyDemetri YannopoulosHervé HubertTahar Chouihednull nullPublished in: Internal and emergency medicine (2023)
Survival decreased rapidly with increasing CPR duration, especially for non-shockable rhythms. Pursuing CPR after 25 min may be futile for patients presenting a non-shockable rhythm. On the other hand, shockable rhythms might benefit from prolonged CPR.