Effects of bed height on the performance of chest compressions: clinical application of results

Autor:	P B Sherren, Dhuleep S. Wijayatilake, Asher Lewinsohn
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Expert opinion medicine.medical_treatment Emergency Medicine medicine Physical therapy General Medicine Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine business
Zdroj:	Emergency Medicine Journal. 28:171-171
ISSN:	1472-0213 1472-0205
DOI:	10.1136/emj.2010.096339
Popis:	We would like to start by congratulating Cho and colleagues1 on undertaking a study that examines an area of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which, potentially, could for such a simple intervention have such a dramatic impact on the quality of CPR delivered. There are surprisingly few papers published on this area, and the 2005 ILCOR guidelines2 were based largely on expert opinion with little evidence base. The statistical relationship between a bed height at knee level and …
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