title: Utility of a simple lighting device to improve chest compressions learning.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The recommendations on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) emphasize the quality of the manoeuvres, especially chest compressions (CC). Audiovisual feedback devices could improve the quality of the CC during CPR. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a simple lighting device as a visual aid during CPR on a mannequin.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two paediatricians who attended an accredited paediatric CPR course performed, in random order, 2min of CPR on a mannequin without and with the help of a simple lighting device, which flashes at a frequency of 100 cycles per minute. The following CC variables were analyzed using a validated compression quality meter (CPRmeter®): depth, decompression, rate, CPR time and percentage of compressions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With the lighting device, participants increased average quality (60.23±54.50 vs. 79.24±9.80%; P=.005), percentage in target depth (48.86±42.67 vs. 72.95±20.25%; P=.036) and rate (35.82±37.54 vs. 67.09±31.95%; P=.024).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A simple light device that flashes at the recommended frequency improves the quality of CC performed by paediatric residents on a mannequin. The usefulness of this CPR aid system should be assessed in real patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, España. Electronic address: laura.glez.calvete@gmail.com.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: González-Calvete
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación CLINURSID, Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, España; Grupo de Investigación REMOSS, Facultad de Educación Física y Ciencias del Deporte, Universidad de Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barcala-Furelos
authors.affiliation: Área de Pediatría. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, España.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moure-González
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación CLINURSID, Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, España; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abelairas-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Críticos y Urgencias Pediátricas, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, España; Instituto de Investigación de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, España; Red SAMID II, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Núñez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000191:economics; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D000068156:Formative Feedback; D006336:Heart Massage; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008029:Lighting / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008348:Manikins; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Calidad; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compressions; Compresiones torácicas; Feedback; Paediatrics; Pediatría; Quality; Reanimación cardiopulmonar; Simulación; Simulation