What does ECC stand for?

The study, which was published Monday in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, looked at 2,041 patients with heart failure and more than 14,000 people who had presented themselves for emergency cardiovascular care at facilities in Alberta, Canada between 1998 and 2001.

Recommendations for implementation of community consultation and public disclosure under the Food and Drug Administration's "Exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research": a special report from the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative and Critical Care: endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Chest compressions alone, or Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), can save lives and can be used to help an adult who suddenly collapses, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) committee.

A special thanks to Karen Yawn Bell, Regional Manager II, Mississippi Emergency Cardiovascular Care Program, for coordinating the CPR workshop.

Raymond Cohen, president and CEO of Cardiac Science, said that the firms Powerheart and Survivalink AEDs should in fact be classified as Class IIb under the Classification of Therapeutic Interventions in CPR and ECC table published by the AHA in Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Update your ED staff on AHA guidelines Are your staff up to date on the Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care from the American Heart Association (AHA)?

Joseph Ornato, a member of the heart association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, said the organization soon will begin a study to explore whether portable defibrillators could be successfully used in public places.

Michael Sayre, chair of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee.