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W. H. Montgomery, MD

JAMA. 1986;255(21):2990-2991.

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The 1985 National Conference to review and revise the Standards and Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) was held in Dallas in July 1985. Previous national conferences were held in 1966, 1973, and 1979. The objectives of the conference are defined elsewhere in these standards and guidelines. The emphasis of the conference was to examine the 1980 standards and guidelines with respect to the new science and/or clinical data and make recommendations based on these data. These standards and guidelines, which some have called the most important medical document ever published because of their content, distribution, and widespread acceptance, embody the recommendations of the 1985 national conference. Reprints of the 1974 and 1980 JAMA standards exceeded 5 million copies, and virtually all public and professional training in CPR and ECC has been guided by the outcome of these conferences and the subsequent publication of the standards . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Straub Clinic and Hospital, Inc Honolulu

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