1: Sustained Inflation and Chest Compression versus 3:1 Chest Compression: Ventilation Ratio During Neonatal CPR – A Randomized Controlled Trial

Chest-compression-only versus standard CPR.

Chest compression during sustained inflation: hypoxic and oxidative stress

Current recommendation for chest compressions in neonatal resuscitation is to use a coordinated 3:1 ratio of chest compressions to ventilations (C:V), interrupting every third compression to deliver an assisted ventilation. Despite this recommendation, the evidence is still unclear on the optimal C:V ratio for use in neonates. Our team has previously reported a novel technique of sustained infl...

What is the optimal chest compression-ventilation ratio?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Despite a more widespread knowledge of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers in the community, the survival rate for patients with cardiac arrest has remained essentially unchanged in the past 30 years. Over the past few decades, many different compression-ventilation ratios have been studied in terms of best coronary and cerebral oxygen delivery, restoration of sponta...

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...

Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation versus Intermitted Positive Pressure Ventilation during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Pig Model

BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend mechanical ventilation with Intermitted Positive Pressure Ventilation (IPPV) during resuscitation. The influence of the novel ventilator mode Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation (CCSV) on gas exchange and arterial blood pressure compared with IPPV was investigated in a pig model. METHODS In 12 pigs (general anaesthesia/intubation) ventricular fibrillatio...