title: Development of a diagnostic feedback device to assess neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest compression performance.
abstract: Neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (NCPR) is an important intervention to save the lives of newborns who suffer from cardiac and respiratory arrest. Despite its importance there is a dearth of NCPR research and no commercially available feedback device suitable for use during NCPR. The aim of this study is to develop a diagnostic feedback device in the form of a patch placed on the infant's chest. The diagnostic feedback patch measures both the compression depth and force during NCPR, while giving audio-visual feedback according to current NCPR guidelines. The patch was systematically evaluated by conducting a series of hardware validation tests to assess the depth, force and feedback performance. The average errors in the depth and force were found to be 10.8% and 12.4%, respectively, with maximal errors below 20.7% and 24.1%. These results along with positive outcome of the feedback test suggest that the device is reliable on a hardware level and is suitable for further evaluation in a clinical setting.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Dawie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van den Heever
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dellimore
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008348:Manikins; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D011312:Pressure; D013909:Thorax