![]() Results: A total of 202 events met inclusion criteria. Time of first mechanical compression and duration of main pause for compression device application were also determined. The main pause for LUCAS™ application was not included in either phase. Two paramedics independently annotated and reviewed TTI tracings using CodeStat™ software, isolated the manual and mechanical compression phases of the arrest, and recorded total CPR time, compression rate (per min) and compression fraction for each distinct phase. Events were excluded from analysis if the TTI recording was unavailable or of inadequate quality, or if duration of recorded compressions was < 5 minutes. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted among all LUCAS™-aided OHCA worked by a single ambulance service in Minnesota in 2013. In this study, we use TTI data to compare chest compression quality metrics from the manual versus mechanical compression phases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) treated with the LUCAS™ mechanical compression device. Objective: Mechanical compression devices purportedly improve the quality of chest compressions by minimizing interruptions and maintaining optimal rate and depth, but this claim has not been objectively substantiated using transthoracic impedance (TTI) recordings from applied setting cardiac arrests. ![]() This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. (2016) Use of Transthoracic Impedance Data to Evaluate Intra-arrest Chest Compression Quality. Lori L Boland, Managing Scientist, Division of Applied Research, Allina Health, 2925 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA, Tel: 61, Email: Int J Crit Care Emerg Med, IJCCEM-2-014, (Volume 2, Issue 1), Research Article ISSN: 2474-3674 Received: Febru| Accepted: Ap| Published: May 02, 2016Ĭitation: Kamrud JW, Boland LL, Frazee CL, Kinzy TG, Satterlee PA, et al.
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