chest compression

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chest compression

Abbreviation: CC

Forcible depression of the thorax during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This technique is used to circulate the blood of a patient whose heart is no longer beating effectively enough to sustain life.

Patient care

Effective chest compressions in an adult should depress the sternum by 1.5–2 in (4–5 cm). In a child or infant, the sternum should be depressed by the rescuer to a depth of about 1/2 to 1/3 the depth of the chest.

chest

see thorax, thoracic, flail chest.

chest compression

a means of external cardiac massage; most likely to be effective in small dogs and cats, but very difficult in large animals.

chest wound

common in horses and cattle, damage to the underlying chest wall with communication to the pleural cavity and pneumothorax is the main danger.

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It has a ventilator that is meant to be used in conjunction with chest compression (Figure 1a) (Michigan Instruments, USA).

Mechanical chest compression devices: historical evolution, classification and current practices, a short review

Although the patient was treated by successful PCI during continuous mechanical chest compressions and the heart fully recovered under the ECMO and IABP support, serious hypoxic brain injury had caused a poor outcome.

Continuous Mechanical Chest Compression-assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Patient with Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

Regarding the chest compression depth, the five cycles of chest compressions were deemed effective when >80% of all compressions were of the correct depth.

Influence of rescuers' gender and Body Mass Index on cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to the American Heart Association 2010 resuscitation guidelines

C-A-B instead of A-B-C: Initiate chest compressions before giving rescue breaths

Pediatric basic and advanced life support: an update on practice and education

The new recommendations also call for an increase in the rate of chest compressions, to at least 100/minute.

CPR guidelines reveal major revisions in 2010: changing the CPR sequence for adults and kids allows all rescuers to begin chest compressions first

Radionuclide imaging studies during CPR have indicated that chest compressions produce only 27% to 32% of adult average resting cardiac output.

Chest compressions: biomechanics and injury

Measuring the full length of each chest compression stroke gives the medical instructor more detailed data on the blood flow induced.

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Chest compressions should take priority even over defibrillation, he added.

CPR guidelines stress compressions over breaths

Therefore, the new guidelines recommend that the general public instead look for normal breathing, movement, response to stimulation and other signs of circulation when deciding whether to begin chest compressions.

Pulse check no longer recommended for layperson CPR -- American heart association releases new guidelines for emergency care

On the basis of computer randomization, the dispatcher provided instructions for traditional CPR or chest compressions alone.

Does the addition of mouth-to-mouth ventilation to chest compressions improve survival in bystander treatment of cardiac arrest?

External chest compressions provide artificial circulation.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

market that could see chest compressions and guide rescuers to the proper depth and rate of chest compressions.

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