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Mechanical CPR: Past, Current, and Future

Mechanical CPR: Past, Current, and Future

by Justin Godbout, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Mar 14, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation

Mechanical CPR is a technology whereby a machine performs chest compressions in place of a human provider. These devices are becoming increasingly prevalent in the prehospital and in-hospital arenas, and it is inevitable that healthcare providers will interact with...

Mechanical versus manual chest compression for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC): a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial.

by emottawa | Mar 16, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5                  Usefulness Score: 3.5/5   Perkins GD, et al. Lancet. 2015 Mar 14;385(9972):947-55   Full Article   This was a cluster-randomized, pragmatic trial looking at mechanical CPR with the LUCAS-2 device versus...
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