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Veterinary CPR Guidelines by Experts, for Everyone. Less than 6% of dogs and less than 20% of cats that experience cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) survive to hospital discharge, while survival in people is over 20%.
The author presents the RECOVER initiative, which created the first consensus guidelines on veterinary resuscitation, and discusses the 5 domains of CPR for dogs and cats: preparedness and prevention, basic life support, advanced life support, monitoring, and post cardiac arrest care.
In the first year since the implementation of the RECOVER guideline into our CPR training protocol, a total of 54 CPR efforts (35 dogs, 18 cats, 1 chinchilla) have been made at the author’s practice (data collection for the second year is ongoing). The average age was 9 years old, with variable reasons.
26 cze 2024 · We believe that veterinary teams can use the treatment recommendations contained in these guidelines to deliver high-quality CPR in dogs and cats that experience CPA.
Objective: After the 2012 Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation. (RECOVER) CPR Guidelines, this is an update of evidence-based consensus guidelines. for Basic Life Support (BLS), advanced life support (ALS), and periarrest monitoring.
5 lip 2024 · The 2024 version of the RECOVER CPR guidelines recommend defibrillation precedes the use of epinephrine for dogs and cats with shockable rhythms. For patients that are not intubated, the guidelines recommend a compression-to-ventilation ratio of 30 chest compressions to two breaths.
26 cze 2024 · In nonintubated dogs and cats undergoing CPR or during single-rescuer CPR, we recommend provision of rescue breaths if feasible and safe during pauses in chest compressions.
