Chest compression fraction in ambulance while transporting patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to the hospital in rural Taiwan

Conclusions
The chest compression fraction was low for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a moving ambulance, irrespective of the number of providers. Reasons for this observation, as well as the effectiveness of the one-handed chest compression require further evaluation.

Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - May 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hung, S.-C., Mou, C.-Y., Hung, H.-C., Lin, I.-H., Lai, S.-W., Huang, J. Y. Tags: Prehospital care Source Type: research