Saudi Heart Association, National Heart Center and National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Committee taskforce statement on CPR and resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic.

Khan, AbdulMajeed S; Kaki, Abdullah M; Bakhsh, Abdulrahman R; Hersi, Ahmed S A; AbuAlenain, Jameel T; Alallah, Jubara S; Bokhari, Fayez A; AlQahtani, Nasser; AlKabli, Bandar M; Qahtani, Abdulrahman Al; AlJerian, Nawfal; AlOtaibi, Rashid

doi:10.4103/sja.SJA_401_20

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 AlOtaibi

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia · 2020-01-01 · Guideline / consensus

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Abstract

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.