One-handed versus two-handed chest compressions in paediatric cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

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Peska, Emil, Kelly, Anne-Maree, Kerr, Debra and Green, Denise (2006) One-handed versus two-handed chest compressions in paediatric cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation, 71 (1). pp. 65-69. ISSN 0300-9572

Abstract

It is currently recommended that chest compressions be provided with the heel of one hand in paediatric CPR [children aged 1-8 years]. This recommendation was arrived at by consensus and seems to be based on the assumptions that less force is required to compress the paediatric thorax and that there would be less risk of excessive force, and thus injury, with this technique. It has recently been shown that two-handed compressions produce higher mean and peak compression pressures when compared to one-handed compressions and that 29/30 participants found the two-handed technique easier to perform. The aims of this study were to determine emergency department [ED] nursing and medical staff preference for one- or two-handed paediatric chest compressions; and to determine if there was a difference in compression rates delivered and fatigability between the techniques.

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Also see citation for abstract only: Peska, Emil, Kelly, Anne-Maree, Kerr, Debra and Green, Denise (2006) One-handed versus two-handed chest compressions in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Academic Emergency Medicine, 13 (s5). S176. ISSN 1553-2712

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/21527
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.007
Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02....
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
Historical > FOR Classification > 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
Historical > FOR Classification > 1103 Clinical Sciences
Historical > FOR Classification > 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Keywords emergency department, ED, CPR compression rate, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, ILCOR, emergency cardiac care, chest compression-ventilation ratios, cardiopulmonary
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