title: End-tidal CO2 detection during cadaveric ventilation.
abstract: 'Life like' end-tidal CO2 production has been reported in frozen cadaver during intubation training. We report the same phenomenon in a non-frozen cadaveric model used to undertake CT postmortem, with the additional findings of an increase in CO2 with chest compressions and an increase in CO2 after a pause in ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Academic Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Coats
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-675X
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Forensic Imaging, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adnan
authors.affiliation: East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rutty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002102:Cadaver; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D013990:Tidal Volume / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: resuscitation