Richard O Cummins

Biographic Data

ID10868080
NAMERichard O Cummins
GIVEN NAMESRichard O
FAMILY NAMECummins
SIGNATURECUMMINS R O
AFFILIATIONSPublic Health – Seattle & King County
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
H-INDEX0

  • Reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion without craniectomy in rats.

    Enrique Zea Longa, Philip R Weinstein et al.ARTICLEStroke1989

    To develop a simple, relatively noninvasive small-animal model of reversible regional cerebral ischemia, we tested various methods of inducing infarction in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) by extracranial vascular occlusion in rats. In preliminary studies, 60 rats were anesthetized with ketamine and different combinations of vessels were occluded; blood pressure and arterial blood gases were monitored. Neurologic deficit, …

  • Emergency CPR instruction via telephone

    Mickey S Eisenberg, Alfred P Hallstrom et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1985References: 7

    We initiated a program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrests in King County, Washington were studied for 20 months before and after the telephone CPR program began. Bystander-initiated CPR increased from 86 of 191 (45 per cent) cardiac arrests before the program to 143 of 255 (56 per ce…