Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Basic life support. Revised recommendations of the Resuscitation Council (UK)

Most cardiac arrests in the community are the result of ischaemic heart disease. Forty per cent of sudden deaths from ischaemic heart disease occur within one hour after the onset of In 1982 the Resuscitation Council (UK) published guidelines for basic life 60%s-among middle aged and younger men.