Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with mechanical chest compressions: How often are two insufflations being given during the 3-second ventilation pauses?
Authors' conclusion
Providing two insufflations during pauses in mechanical chest compressions is mostly unsuccessful.
Study context
- Population
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients receiving mechanical chest compressions in 30:2 mode, regional ambulance service of Utrecht, The Netherlands8,473 ventilation pauses
- Participants
- 250 patients
- Outcome
- Proportion of 3-second ventilation pauses with two insufflations
Methodological detailsregional ambulance service registry (UTOPIA)
- Regional ambulance service registry (UTOPIA)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Two insufflations per ventilation pause
Ventilation pauses with two insufflations (crude)
4305
51%
Ventilation pauses with two insufflations
mixed effects 45%
95% CI 40–50%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Ventilation pauses with no insufflations
- No insufflations given
- 19% (95% CI 16-22%)
Original publication
Ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with mechanical chest compressions: How often are two insufflations being given during the 3-second ventilation pauses? Resuscitation. Published 7 May 2024. doi:10.
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