End-tidal CO2 in mechanical versus conventional CPR

doi:10.1186/1757-7241-17-S2-P1

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volume 17
Suppl 2

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This article is part of the supplement: Danish Society for Emergency Medicine: Research Symposium 2009 .

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End-tidal CO₂in mechanical versus conventional CPR

Martin Bille Henriksen and Jacob Steinmetz

Department of Anaesthesia, HOC 4231, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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from Danish Society for Emergency Medicine: Research Symposium 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark. 26 April 2009

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009, 17(Suppl 2):P1doi:10.1186/1757-7241-17-S2-P1


Published:	20 August 2009

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) generally has a poor prognosis. The development and use of a mechanical chest compression device has been suggested as a measure to achieve sufficient and continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The mechanical chest compression device (Autopulse^®) consists of a battery-driven board with a band attached that applies a 20% anterior-posterior compression of the patient's thorax at a frequency of 80 per minute. The aim of this study was to compare patients treated with the mechanical chest compression device (Autopulse^®) with patients treated with conventional CPR. End-tidal CO₂(ETCO2) was used as a qualitative measure of circulation. We hypothesized that patients treated with Autopulse^®had a higher ETCO2.