Back strength and relevance of CPR chest compression

Chest compression-only CPR or good quality 30:2 CPR.

There is debate as to whether chest compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CC-CPR) or standard 30:2 CPR should be taught to laypersons. Equivalence in outcomes between standard CPR and CC-CPR has been amply demonstrated in communities with short ambulance response times of about five minutes. Depriving oxygen from a collapsed patient beyond six minutes results in poorer outcomes. Commu...

Comparison of CPR outcome predictors between rhythmic abdominal compression and continuous chest compression CPR techniques.

OBJECTIVE Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provides treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest since perfusion of vital organs is critical to resuscitation. Alternatives to standard CPR are evaluated for effectiveness based upon outcome predictive metrics and survival studies. This study focuses on evaluating the performance of rhythmic-only abdominal compression CPR (OAC-CPR) re...

Chest-compression-only versus standard CPR.

CPR with chest compression alone or with rescue breathing.

BACKGROUND The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a layperson is uncertain. We hypothesized that the dispatcher instructions to bystanders to provide chest compression alone would result in improved survival as compared with instructions to provide chest compression plus rescue breathing. METHODS We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial of dispatc...

Chest compression-only CPR by lay rescuers and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

CONTEXT Chest compression-only bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be as effective as conventional CPR with rescue breathing for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. OBJECTIVE To investigate the survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using compression-only CPR (COCPR) compared with conventional CPR. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS A 5-year prospective observational ...