Attempts to prevent "tongue swallowing" may well be the main obstacle for successful bystander resuscitation of athletes with cardiac arrest

Heart Rhythm. 2017 Nov;14(11):1729-1734. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.08.012. Epub 2017 Sep 19.

Authors

Dana Viskin¹, Raphael Rosso², Ofer Havakuk³, Lior Yankelson⁴, Sami Viskin²

Affiliations

¹ Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
³ Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.

PMID: 28939206
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.08.012

No abstract available

Keywords: Athletes; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Asphyxia / prevention & control*
Athletes*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Deglutition / physiology*
Humans
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*
Tongue*
Young Adult