Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Tasks and Hands-Off Time: A Descriptive Analysis Using Video Review

Objectives: To characterize tasks performed during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in association with hands-off time, using video recordings of resuscitation events. Design: Single-center, prospective, observational trial. Setting: Twenty-six bed cardiac ICU in a quaternary care free standing pediatric academic hospital. Patients: Patients admitted to the cardiac ICU with cardiopulmonary resuscitation events lasting greater than 2 minutes captured on video. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Videos of 17 cardiopulmonary resuscitation episodes comprising 264.5 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation were reviewed: 11 classic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (87.5 min) and six extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitations (177 min). A total of 209 tasks occurred in 178 discrete time periods including compressor change (36%), rhythm/pulse check (18%), surgical pause (18%), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation preparation/draping (9%), repositioning (7.5%), defibrillation (6%), backboard placement (3%), bagging (
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Cardiac Intensive Care Source Type: research