title: Can lightweight rescuers adequately perform CPR according to 2010 resuscitation guideline requirements?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate associations between rescuers' anthropometric characteristics and chest compressions (CC) depth according to 2010 resuscitation guidelines.
  
  
  METHODS
  186 medical and pharmacy students, never trained in basic life support (BLS) before, underwent video self-instruction training. The participants were asked to perform a BLS test on a manikin connected to a PC for 6 min immediately after training, and the quality of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills was evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with body weights less than 56 kg were 6.29 times more likely to produce insufficient CCs than women weighing 56-62.7 kg, and 4.72 times more likely to produce insufficient CCs compared with women weighing more than 62.7 kg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lightweight rescuers may have difficulty achieving the full compression depth of 5-6 cm required by new resuscitation guidelines. These rescuers require special attention during CPR training, with an emphasis on correct body positioning and use of body weight for CCs.
authors.affiliation: Crises Research Centre, Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Asta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krikscionaitiene
authors.forename: Kestutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stasaitis
authors.forename: Milda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dambrauskiene
authors.forename: Zilvinas
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dambrauskas
authors.forename: Egle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vaitkaitiene
authors.forename: Paulius
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dobozinskas
authors.forename: Dinas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vaitkaitis
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012737:Sex Factors