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Randomised crossover trial of rate feedback and force during chest compressions for paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Gregson, RK; Cole, TJ; Skellett, S; Bagkeris, E; Welsby, D; Peters, MJ; (2017) Randomised crossover trial of rate feedback and force during chest compressions for paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Archives of Disease in Childhood , 102 (5) pp. 403-409. 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310691. Green open access

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the effect of visual feedback on rate of chest compressions, secondarily relating the forces used. / Design: Randomised crossover trial. / Setting: Tertiary teaching hospital. / Subjects: Fifty trained hospital staff. / Interventions: A thin sensor-mat placed over the manikin's chest measured rate and force. Rescuers applied compressions to the same paediatric manikin for two sessions. During one session they received visual feedback comparing their real-time rate with published guidelines. / Outcome measures: Primary: compression rate. Secondary: compression and residual forces. / Results: Rate of chest compressions (compressions per minute (compressions per minute; cpm)) varied widely (mean (SD) 111 (13), range 89–168), with a fourfold difference in variation during session 1 between those receiving and not receiving feedback (108 (5) vs 120 (20)). The interaction of session by feedback order was highly significant, indicating that this difference in mean rate between sessions was 14 cpm less (95% CI −22 to −5, p=0.002) in those given feedback first compared with those given it second. Compression force (N) varied widely (mean (SD) 306 (94); range 142–769). Those receiving feedback second (as opposed to first) used significantly lower force (adjusted mean difference −80 (95% CI −128 to −32), p=0.002). Mean residual force (18 N, SD 12, range 0–49) was unaffected by the intervention. / Conclusions: While visual feedback restricted excessive compression rates to within the prescribed range, applied force remained widely variable. The forces required may differ with growth, but such variation treating one manikin is alarming. Feedback technologies additionally measuring force (effort) could help to standardise and define effective treatments throughout childhood.

Type: Article
Title: Randomised crossover trial of rate feedback and force during chest compressions for paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310691
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310691
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1524342
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