OBJECTIVE Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training can improve performance during simulated cardiac arrest; however, retention of skills after training remains uncertain. Recently, hands-only CPR has been shown to be as effective as conventional CPR. The purpose of this study is to compare the retention rate of CPR skills in laypersons after hands-only or conventional CPR training. METHOD...

Alternative CPR Techniques Alternative techniques to standard manual CPR have been developed to improve perfusion during CPR. These include interposed abdominal compression (IAC) CPR, highfrequency CPR, active compression-decompression (ACD) CPR, vest CPR, mechanical (piston) CPR, simultaneous ventilation-compression (SVC) CPR, phased thoracicabdominal compression-decompression (PTACD) CPR, and...

Alternative CPR Techniques Alternative techniques to standard manual CPR have been developed to improve perfusion during CPR. These include interposed abdominal compression (IAC) CPR, highfrequency CPR, active compression-decompression (ACD) CPR, vest CPR, mechanical (piston) CPR, simultaneous ventilation-compression (SVC) CPR, phased thoracicabdominal compression-decompression (PTACD) CPR, and...

Alternative CPR Techniques Alternative techniques to standard manual CPR have been developed to improve perfusion during CPR. These include interposed abdominal compression (IAC) CPR, highfrequency CPR, active compression-decompression (ACD) CPR, vest CPR, mechanical (piston) CPR, simultaneous ventilation-compression (SVC) CPR, phased thoracicabdominal compression-decompression (PTACD) CPR, and...

Objectives. Simplification of Basic Life Support was proposed with the introduction of Chest-Compression only Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CC-CPR) as an alternative to Standard CPR (S-CPR). This study aimed to compare retention of knowledge, in the general public, of both CPR techniques (CC-CPR vs. S-CPR). Design, setting and participants. Multicentric prospective comparative cohort study. A...

BACKGROUND Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) more than doubles the chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Recent data have shown considerable regional variation in bystander CPR rates across the Australian state of Victoria. This study aims to determine whether there is associated regional variation in rates of CPR training and willingness to perform CPR in these com...

It is very important that every person in the community know about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to save lives and improve the quality of community health. However, there is a lack of research studies related to community awareness about CPR. The aim of this study was to examine the awareness and knowledge among secondary school students. Across-sectional design study was conducted by ass...

Background During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), chest tubes can hinder increases in intrathoracic pressure by venting the pressure during chest compressions, thus reducing the blood flow generated by the thoracic pump effect. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of chest tubes on hemodynamic efficacy during standard CPR in a swine model of cardiac arrest. Methods...

Alternative CPR Techniques Alternative techniques to standard manual CPR have been developed to improve perfusion during CPR. These include interposed abdominal compression (IAC) CPR, highfrequency CPR, active compression-decompression (ACD) CPR, vest CPR, mechanical (piston) CPR, simultaneous ventilation-compression (SVC) CPR, phased thoracicabdominal compression-decompression (PTACD) CPR, and...

objective(s): the aim of this study wasto investigate the effects of mild hypothermia therapy on oxidative stress injury of rabbit brain tissue after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr). materials and methods: rabbit models of cardiac arrest were established. after the restoration of spontaneous circulation, 50 rabbits were randomly divided into normothermia and hypothermia groups. the followin...