de Torrenté A, Scheidegger D, Von Planta M, Stauffer J C, Jeker K
Département de médecine, Hôpital, La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1990 Oct 20;120(42):1546-8.
Cardiovascular related deaths still represent about 50% of all demises despite their decreasing incidence in the United States and in Switzerland. About two thirds of these deaths are due to ischemic heart disease in which half of the patients die outside hospital, the majority of them two hours after the first symptoms. Moreover, sudden death is the first symptom of coronary artery disease in 25% of cases. In this country few of these persons receive adequate basic life support (BLS) at the scene because a coordinated plan to teach BLS to the citizen does not yet exist in Switzerland. With the aid of specialized medical societies, the Swiss Red Cross and affiliated organizations, it is proposed to elaborate a plan to teach BLS to the general public in Switzerland on the basis of the future European guidelines for BLS.
尽管在美国和瑞士心血管相关死亡的发病率呈下降趋势，但此类死亡仍占所有死亡人数的约50%。其中约三分之二的死亡是由缺血性心脏病导致的，半数患者死于院外，大多数人在出现首发症状两小时后死亡。此外，在25%的病例中，猝死是冠状动脉疾病的首发症状。在瑞士，由于尚未制定向公民传授基本生命支持（BLS）的协调计划，这些人中很少有人在现场得到足够的基本生命支持。借助专业医学协会、瑞士红十字会及附属组织，提议根据未来欧洲BLS指南，制定一项在瑞士向公众传授BLS的计划。
