• Shaowen Qian, Jiewen Zheng, Guang Zhang, and Taihu Wu.
• Institute of Medical Equipment, Academy of Military Medical Science, Tianjin 300161, China.
• Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2013 Oct 1;30(5):1033-8.

AbstractTo realize the measurement of the chest compression depth during the administration of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation, two 3-axis digital accelerometers were applied for chest compression acceleration and environment acceleration acquisition, with one placed in the chest compression sensor pad, and the other placed in the back sensor pad. Then double integration was made for the acceleration-to-depth conversion with both of the accelerations after preprocessing. The method further included integration reset mechanism based on compression force, with the force point of a pre-determined threshold and the maximum force point as the starting point and the ending point of the integration, respectively. Moreover, a software compensation algorithm was implemented to further increase the accuracy of the depth estimation and reliability of the acceleration. The final performance of the compression depth estimation is within +/- 0.6 cm with 95% confidence of a total of 283 compressions. Accurate and real-time estimation of chest compression depth greatly facilitates the control of compression depth for the lifesaver during manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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