Open chest cardiac compression

Open-chest cardiac massage for non-traumatic cardiac arrest.

Optimal chest compression technique for paediatric cardiac arrest victims

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the quality of chest compressions performed by inexperienced rescuers using three different techniques: two-hand, right one-hand, and left one-hand. METHODS We performed a prospective, randomised, crossover study in a simulated 6-year-old paediatric manikin model. Each participant performed 2-minute continuous chest compressions, using three diff...

Continuous-chest-compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest.

It is well known that out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death is a leading public health problem in the industrialized world. In the absence of early defibrillation, survival rates of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in most areas of the world are dismal and, except for a recent report of an improved rate of survival when their paramedic protocol was changed, have remained essen...

Relationship between chest compression rates and outcomes from cardiac arrest.

BACKGROUND Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation recommend a chest compression rate of at least 100 compressions per minute. Animal and human studies have reported that blood flow is greatest with chest compression rates near 120/min, but few have reported rates used during out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the relationship between rate and outcome. The purpose of th...

Radiological assessment of chest compression point and achievable compression depth in cardiac patients.

BACKGROUND Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to relate cardiovascular structures to surface anatomy in a population relevant to cardiac arrest victims, relate the external thoracic anterior-posterior (AP) diameter (APEXTERNAL) and blood-filled structures to recommended chest compression depths, and define an optimal compression point (OCP). METHODS MRI axial scans of referred patients we...