• Anne Lee Solevåg, Po-Yin Cheung, Elliott Li, Khalid Aziz, Megan O'Reilly, Bo Fu, Bin Zheng, and Georg Schmölzer.
• a Center of the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Neonatal Research Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital , Edmonton , Canada .
• J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2016 Jan 1; 29 (11): 1770-2.

ObjectiveTo assess utility of the FingerTPS™ system in measuring chest compression (CC) rate and force.MethodsFive minutes of CC was performed in a neonatal manikin without (n = 29) and with (n = 30) a metronome. The FingerTPS™ force (lbs.) was compared to pressure (mmHg) in a 50-mL normal-saline bag inside the manikin. FingerTPS™ CC rate and the time until a 20% decline from baseline force and pressure were calculated.ResultsThe normal-saline pressure declined earlier than the FingerTPS™ force. Metronome use did not influence CC rate, force or pressure.ConclusionsThe FingerTPS™ can be used to measure CC rate and force.

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