心肺复苏和自动外部除颤的最终目的就是通过重建窦性心律以挽救心脏跳动停止、呼吸停止和无意识状态危重患者的生命。 心肺复苏和自动外部除颤只是从外部挤压以尽可能多地给大脑提供含氧血流量和通过外部电击以电复除颤而重建窦性心律。 但患者在心脏跳动停止后10 s内进入无意识状态，表明大脑还保有没有消耗完的三磷酸腺苷和糖原，这为大脑从无意识状态中逆转提供了可能。 数千年的中医临床经验表明，针灸急救穴如人中、风池、合谷、内关、关元等能够恢复大脑意识状态，从而为内在地重建窦性心律提供可能，以使患者脱离危险，因此针灸急救理应成为心肺复苏的前置环节和心肺复苏的组成部分。

The ultimate goal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation （CPR）and automated external defibrillation （AED）are to save life in critically ill patients with cardiac arrest，respiratory arrest and unconscious through the reconstruction of sinus rhythm.CPR and AED are trying to squeeze as much as possible oxygen and blood flow from outside to reconstruct sinus rhythm by external shock or electric defibrillation.As we know，unconsciousness occurs within 10 s after cardiac arrest，suggesting that brain has left adenosine triphosphate and glycogen.It is possible to reverse the brain from the unconscious state.Clinical experiences of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years suggest that acupuncture emergency points such as point GU26（Renzhong），point GB20 （Fengchi），point PC6 （Hegu），point LI4 （Neiguan）and point RN4（Guanyuan）can restore brain consciousness and internal reconstruction of sinus rhythm to make patients out of danger.Therefore，when we do the emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation，acupuncture should be used as pre-link parts and become the constituent part of CPR.