Randomized Comparison of Two New Methods for Chest Compressions during CPR in Microgravity-A Manikin Study.

ABSTRACT: Although there have been no reported cardiac arrests in space to date, the risk of severe medical events occurring during long-duration spaceflights is a major concern. These critical events can endanger both the crew as well as the mission and include cardiac arrest, which would require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Thus far, five methods to perform CPR in microgravity have been proposed. However, each method seems insufficient to some extent and not applicable at all locations in a spacecraft. The aim of the present study is to describe and gather data for two new CPR methods in microgravity. A randomized, controlled trial (RCT) compared two new methods for CPR in a free-floating underwater setting. Paramedics performed chest compressions on a manikin (Ambu Man, Ambu, Germany) usi

SUBMITTER: Schmitz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8836939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature