Positional Asphyxia - Resuscitation

Resuscitation

Resuscitation of persons who exhibit cardiac arrest following restraint has proven to be difficult. Even in cases where the subject was in the immediate care of paramedics, resuscitation has failed and the subject has died. One group of doctors has presented a method of resuscitation, correcting acidosis in the blood of the victim, which proved effective in their small scale study. This approach appears to be supported by another report of a single case of successful resuscitation.