Chest Compression Rates During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Are Suboptimal

S. Abella, Benjamin; Sandbo, Nathan; Vassilatos, Peter; P. Alvarado, Jason; O’Hearn, Nicholas; N. Wigder, Herbert; Hoffman, Paul; Tynus, Kathleen; L. Vanden Hoek, Terry; B. Becker, Lance

doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000153811.84257.59

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Chest Compression Rates During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Are Suboptimal

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Authors:

Benjamin S. Abella

Nathan Sandbo

Peter Vassilatos

Abstract

Background— Recent data highlight a vital link between well-performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and survival after cardiac arrest; however, the quality of CPR as actually performed by trained healthcare providers is largely unknown. We sought to measure in-hospital chest compression rates ...

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