The physiological effect on rescuers of doing 2 min of uninterrupted chest compressions

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-112

  Riera, Salvador Quintana ^a   González, Baltasar Sánchez ^a   Álvarez, Josep Trenado ^a   Fernández, María del Mar Fernández ^a   Saura, Jaume Mestre ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; CPR guidelines; Rescuer fatigue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THORAX COMPRESSION; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 34249984995     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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