Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Integrated CPR coach and compressor training improves CPR quality in a pediatric emergency department
Authors' conclusion
In a PED, a multimodal intervention incorporating CPR coach training, compressor training, and metronome guided feedback improved chest compression depth and rate compliance while maintaining CCF.
Study context
- Population
- Patients presenting in cardiac arrest to a pediatric ED106 included
- Participants
- 140 patients
- Comparison
- Baseline vs Intervention
- Outcome
- Chest compression compliance with AHA recommendations for depth and rate (target >80%), maintaining CCF at 89%
Methodological detailssingle-centre, run charts, statistical control charts, video review and accelerometer-equipped defibrillator data, October 2022 to December 2025
- Single-centre
- Run charts
- Statistical control charts
- Video review and accelerometer-equipped defibrillator data
- October 2022 to December 2025
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Chest compression depth and rate compliance, CCF
Median percent depth compliance, all ages (baseline → intervention)
14% to 61%
Median percent rate compliance (baseline → intervention)
69% to 80%
Chest compression fraction (CCF) remained
89%
Further findings
Mean depth, infants
- Mean depth increased
- 3.1 cm to 4.4 cm
- 54 infants
Mean depth, children and adolescents
- Mean depth did not increase; special cause variation observed in children
Consecutive encounters meeting American Heart Association's (AHA) mean rate target
- Increased
Original publication
Integrated CPR coach and compressor training improves CPR quality in a pediatric emergency department. Resuscitation. Published 20 May 2026. doi:10.
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