Helpful Links 

Contents:

CPR Research
Lung Simulation
Regulatory Affairs
Software Development

CPR Research:

AHA American Heart Association CPR research site

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3011800

ARC American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/

ERC European Resuscitation Council

http://www.erc.edu/

NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

PubMed/CPR Run PubMed search for recently published CPR research

see also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed to use the PubMed search tools

Utstine/Lab Utstine-style guidelines for laboratory research

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/9/2324

ACD CPR Active Compression-Decompression CPR

http://www.mediscope.ch/cochrane-abstracts/ab002751.htm

IAC-CPR Interposed Abdominal Counterpulsation CPR - A Purdue University site that includes an excellent overview of IAC-CPR and related research (both human and animal), an interactive CPR model, and an extensive set of links to published IAC-CPR research

http://www.vet.purdue.edu/iaccpr/

SC-V CPR Simultaneous Compression-Ventilation CPR - Many studies of SC-V CPR were undertaken during the 1980's and 1990's, but arguably the most ambitious was the NIH/NHLBI funded clinical trial summarized in this abstract

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00000502?order=1

Vest CPR Vest CPR - this article from the New England Journal of Medicine details the results of one of the most comprehensive investigations of Vest CPR (Note: you will need a NEJM Online ID to view this article, but registration is free - simply follow the instructions on the page that will appear after clicking the link)

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/329/11/762

Manufacturers of Mechanical CPR systems:
Jolife
Michigan Instruments, Inc.
Revivant

Lung Simulation & Respiratory Care:


 

AARC American Association for Respiratory Care

http://www.aarc.org/

VentWorld VentWorld is a fabulous resource for information on the specifications, capabilities and use of nearly every ventilator every manufacturered

http://www.ventworld.com/

Manufacturers of Lung Simulators:
HRI Hans Rudolph, Inc.

http://www.rudolphkc.com/home.html

IngMar IngMar Medical Lung Simulators

http://www.ingmarmed.com/products.htm

MII Michigan Instruments, Inc.

http://www.michinst.com/resp-ttl.htm

TIM Technologie Institut Medizin GmbH

http://www.tim-gmbh.de/index_e.htm

VacuMed VacuMed manufactures specialized calibration syringes and spontaneous breath simulators

http://www.zest.net/product.taf?compid=27&l2id=1032&prodid=7785&include=no


Regulatory Affairs:

 

US FDA

US FDA Home

http://www.fda.gov/default.htm

CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health - This is the site for the branch of the FDA responsible for medical devices. http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
DIMDI German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information - This site is a great source for information and updates on ISO and European Medical Device regulations. http://torres.dimdi.de/dynamic/en/dimdi/dd/aufgabe/index.htm
GHTF Global Harmonization Taskforce - View the progress and documentation produced in the effort to harmonize medical device regulations throughout the major countries of the world. http://www.ghtf.org/
Europa MD The European Commission - Medical Devices - This site contains information related to medical device regulations in the European Union. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/index.htm
ISO  ISO Online - This site has news, information, and products related to the ISO standards. http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage

Software Development:

Code Project Code Project is a truly excellent programmer's support site offering tutorials, code, discussions and news for C++, C# and .NET

http://www.codeproject.com/

MSDN Microsoft Developers Network - an essential resource for all developers targeting the Windows® platform

http://msdn.microsoft.com/default.aspx


Windows® Update

.NET Framework

The Microsoft .NET Framework, which includes the Common Language Runtime

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en

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