Citation

Yu Y, Liu X, Wang LJ, Wang S, Ao H. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2020; 15(1): e50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13019-020-1086-5

PMID

32293482

PMCID

PMC7092543

Abstract

Modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) comprises an open airway, artificial ventilation, chest compressions and, if necessary, defibrillation. CPR has been intensively studied and tested to perfect an integrated and effective resuscitation system in the West. However, CPR efforts in China has been understudied and underreported. CPR has been performed for more than 2000 years in China. As early as the third century BC, a Chinese doctor named Zhongjing Zhang presented a detailed program to save patients from suicide by hanging in the book entitled "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber". Dr. Zhang proposed "not only to save the body, but also to save the spirit", which remains a guiding principle in modern resuscitation: to not only ensure cardiopulmonary recovery but also preserve the brain function. We aim to review and summarize efforts of CPR in China from a historic point of view.

Language: en

Keywords

History, 15th Century; History, 16th Century; History, 17th Century; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; China; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; History, Ancient; Chinese medicine; Artificial respiration; History, Medieval; Zhongjing Zhang