Keywords
Cardiac arrest
Nursing
Review
Submitted : 2025-03-30
Accepted : 2025-04-14
Published : 2025-04-29
Abstract
Cardiac arrest (CA) is a major global public health challenge, and its high morbidity and low survival rate pose severe tests for emergency and critical care. Although modern CPR techniques significantly improve the immediate resuscitation success rate in CA patients, poor outcomes such as neurological impairment still significantly increase the long-term care burden and reduce the quality of survival. In recent years, the application of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) has attracted much attention in the field of cardiac arrest through its unique myocardial-nerve dual protection mechanism against the heart. This paper summarizes the conceptual connotation, physiological mechanism, operation method, and its application progress in CA and explores the potential of this technology in the field of CA care in order to provide reference for the research and application of RIC in the field of emergency care.
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