Saudi heart association, national heart center and national cardiopulmonary resuscitation committee taskforce statement on cpr and resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic

AbdulMajeed S Khan, Abdullah M Kaki, Abdulrahman R Bakhsh, Ahmed S A. Hersi, Jameel T AbuAlenain, Jubara S Alallah, Fayez A Bokhari, Nasser AlQahtani, Bandar M AlKabli, Abdulrahman Al Qahtani, Nawfal AlJerian, Rashid AlOtaibiSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia 2020 14(3):365-369 Corona virus disease 2019 is a global pandemic, which affects around 2million individuals with a high death rate that exceeds 90,000 death cases across the globe. The Saudi Heart Association and the national cardiopulmonary resuscitation committee developed a taskforce to discuss the magnitude of clinical situation and CPR management on COVID-19 patients in a prehospital and in-hospital settings. Meanwhile, the taskforce aims to develop a nation-wide clinical guidance to be used by health care workers and untrained laypersons to resuscitate COVID-19 suspected and diagnosed patients.
Source: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research