Mechanical devices for chest compression: To use or not to use?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 188-194

  Couper, Keith ^a,b   Smyth, Mike ^a,c   Perkins, Gavin D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; heart arrest; mechanical chest compression devices

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL CHEST COMPRESSOR; MEDICAL DEVICE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; STAFF TRAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84930004292     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000200     Document Type: Review

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