A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

ABSTRACT: It is unclear if cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an aerosol-generating procedure and whether this poses a risk of airborne disease transmission to healthcare workers and bystanders. Use of airborne transmission precautions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation may confer rescuer protection but risks patient harm due to delays in commencing treatment. To quantify the risk of respiratory aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in humans, we conducted an aerosol monitoring study during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Exhaled aerosol was recorded using an optical particle sizer spectrometer connected to the breathing system. Aerosol produced during resuscitation was compared with that produced by control participants under general anaesthesia ventilated with an equivalent resp

SUBMITTER: Shrimpton AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature