title: [External heart massage by the leg-heel method (author's transl)].
abstract: 60 persons were asked to perform external cardiac massage on two phantoms by the arm-hand and leg-heel method respectively. This leg-heel method does not offer any special advantages over the arm-hand technique if the helper is tired; nor is it easier to learn. Because of its general applicability the latter method should remain the standard technique taught, especially as laymen are apt to become confused by a multiplicity of methods.
mesh_terms: D005528:Foot; D006336:Heart Massage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Herzdruckmassage mit dem Fuss.