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Comparison of Chest Compression Quality between Transfer Sheet and Stretcher Use for Transporting out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients in a High-Rise Building - A Randomized and Open-Label Cross-over Design

Authors :
Frank Fuh-Yuan Shih
Chih-Hsien Lee
Chien-Yu Chi
Huan-Ju Lee
Patrick Chow-In Ko
Chih-Wei Yang
Eng Hock Marcus Ong
Desmond Mao Renhao
Mei-Fen Yang
Source :
Prehospital Emergency Care. 25:370-376
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2020.

Abstract

Stretchers are commonly used for transporting cardiac arrest patients, but their use may be limited in confined spaces, like elevators. Use of transfer sheet as an alternative has not been explored. We aimed to compare manual chest compression quality between these two methods.

Details

ISSN :
15450066 and 10903127
Volume :
25
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Prehospital Emergency Care
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fbb01107db3e268d8a23adb0d52d11a6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2020.1754977