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Hands-on or Hands-off: Manual versus Mechanical Chest Compressions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Chest compressions are initiated when electrical malfunctions cause the heart to stop. Two methods of restoring circulation may be used when someone’s heart stops: manual chest compressions (Man-CPR) or mechanical chest compressions (Mech-CPR); however ...
York, Caylin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Monitoring chest compression rate in automated external defibrillators using the autocorrelation of the transthoracic impedance.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
AimHigh-quality chest compressions is challenging for bystanders and first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Long compression pauses and compression rates higher than recommended are common and detrimental to survival.
Sofía Ruiz de Gauna   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Validating peer-led assessments of CPR performance

open access: yesResuscitation Plus, 2020
Background: A patient’s survival from cardiac arrest is improved if they receive good quality chest compressions as soon as possible. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training subjective assessments of chest compression quality is still common.
Anna Abelsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Basic Life Support – A Comparison between Medical Students and Paramedics [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Poor survival rates after cardiac arrest can partly be explained by poor basic life support skills in medical professionals. Aim: This study aimed to assess quality of basic life support in medical students and paramedics.
Maria Isabel Körber   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chest compressions and defibrillation as aerosolgenerating procedures

open access: yes, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 is a highly contagious respiratory pathogen associated with significant mortality in certain patient populations. Patients may be asymptomatic, which causes problems regarding infection control and prevention. Health professionals are required
Millington, Timothy Ian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Volunteer performs chest compressions

open access: yes, 2019
Volunteer performs chest ...
Rod Shaw (1258020)
core   +1 more source

Potential wrist ligament injury in rescuers performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

open access: yesJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013
Wrist pain in rescuers performing chest compressions as part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been reported anecdotally and recently in the literature.
Robert Curran, Sasha Sorr, Eva Aquino
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of chest compressions.

open access: yes, 2019
Quality of chest compressions.
Kaori Soma (6718940)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Early Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of SRPK3/TTN‐Digenic Myopathy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy was recently established as a skeletal muscle myopathy caused by digenic inheritance. This study characterizes the early clinical presentation of SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy in one previously reported and seven newly identified pediatric patients.
Rotem Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Compressor-Administered Defibrillation on Peri-shock Pauses in a Simulated Cardiac Arrest Scenario

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: Coordination of the tasks of performing chest compressions and defibrillation can lead to communication challenges that may prolong time spent off the chest.
Joshua Glick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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