Real-time feedback improves chest compression quality in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Current guidelines underline the importance of high-quality chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to improve outcomes. Contrary to this many studies show that chest compression is often carried out poorly in clinical practice, and long interruptions in compression are observed. This prospective cohort study aimed to analyse whether chest compression quality changes when a real-time feedback system is used to provide simultaneous audiovisual feedback on chest compression quality. For this purpose, pauses in compression, compression frequency and compression depth were compared. METHODS:The study included 292 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in three consecutive study groups: first group, conventional resuscitation (no-sensor CPR); second group, using a feed

SUBMITTER: Lakomek F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039459 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature