Cardiopulmonary resuscitation using the cardio vent device in a resuscitation model.
To compare the "Bellows on Sternum Resuscitation" (BSR) device that permits simultaneous compression and ventilation by one rescuer with two person cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation in a single blind crossover study performed in the laboratory setting. Tidal volume and compression depth were recorded continuously during 12-min CPR sessions with the BSR device and two person CPR. Six CPR instructors performed a total of 1,894 ventilations and 10,532 compressions in 3 separate 12-min sessions. Mean tidal volume (MTV) and compression rate (CR) with the BSR device differed significantly from CPR with the BVM group (1242 mL vs. 1065 mL, respectively, p = 0.0018 and 63.2 compressions per minute (cpm) vs. 81.3 cpm, respectively, p = 0.0076). Error in compression depth (ECD) rate of 9.78% was observed with the BSR device compared to 8.49% with BMV CPR (p = 0.1815). Error rate was significantly greater during the second half of CPR sessions for both BSR and BVM groups. It is concluded that one-person CPR with the BSR device is equivalent to two-person CPR with BVM in all measured parameters except for CR. Both groups exhibited greater error rate in CPR performance in the latter half of 12-min CPR sessions.
Suner
Selim
S
Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Jay
Gregory D
GD
Kleinman
Gary J
GJ
Woolard
Robert H
RH
Jagminas
Liudvikas
L
Becker
Bruce M
BM
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D013990:Tidal Volume / Q000502:physiology