Effects of audio tone guidance on performance of CPR in simulated cardiac arrest with an advanced airway.
OBJECTIVE
Despite the emphasis of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality, the performance of on-site CPR is reported to be frequently unsuccessful. In order to improve CPR quality, various feedback systems have been developed, but they have not yet been widely used on site due to low economic efficiency. The present study was attempted to determine whether CPR quality can be improved using audio tone guidance.
A total of 80 seniors at our medical school and college of nursing participated in the study. After they were trained in CPR according to the 2005 guidelines, they performed CPR using a cardiac arrest model with an advanced airway. The participants were organized into 40 groups. After they took Test 1 without any feedback for 2 min, they were randomly assigned to the feedback and control groups and took Test 2 for 2 min. In the feedback group, a low-pitched sound was delivered every 0.6 s for the guidance of chest compression and a high-pitched sound was simultaneously delivered every 10 deliveries of a low-pitched sound for the guidance of ventilation at 6s intervals.


RESULTS
In the feedback group the mean compression rate significantly improved in accuracy from 111.5+/-13.7/min to 100.1+/-3.2/min (P<0.01), and ventilation counts significantly improved in accuracy from 7.4+/-1.8/min to 9.9+/-0.3/min (P<0.01). However, the mean compression depth significantly decreased from 39.3+/-9.5 mm to 35.8+/-8.2 mm (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Audio tone guidance ensures better chest compression rate and ventilation rate but this does not necessarily result in a better CPR quality.
Oh
Je Hyeok
JH
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. ojh7178@caumc.or.kr
Lee
Sang Jin
SJ
Kim
Sung Eun
SE
Lee
Kwang Jung
KJ
Choe
Ju Won
JW
Kim
Chan Woong
CW
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult