Four hands are needed for female bystanders to achieve the required chest compression depth during dispatcherassisted CPR: A randomized controlled trial
Adequate chest compression (CC) depth is...
Read MoreAsta Krikscionaitiene, Dinas Vaitkaitis, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Tracey Barron, BS, and Egle Vaitkaitiene
Aug 1, 2015 | 2015, AEDR 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 2, Research Posters
Adequate chest compression (CC) depth is...
Read MoreAsta Krikscionaitiene, Dinas Vaitkaitis, A Pranskunas, K Stasaitis, M Dambrauskiene, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, J Vencloviene, and Nedas Jasinskas, MD
Mar 1, 2014 | 2014, AEDR 2014 Vol. 2 Issue 1, Poster Abstracts
Adequate chest compression (CC) depth is crucial for optimal resuscitation outcomes. Lightweight rescuers, particularly women, are often unable to achieve the required 5-6 cm CC depth. This non-randomized cohort study investigated new strategies to improve CC performance. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a 5-second instructor’s intervention on the depth of CCs performed by female rescuers during standard video selfinstruction (VSI) basic life support (BLS) training. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from January 2011 to January 2012...
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