Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Apr 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialMechanical LUCAS resuscitation is effective, reduces physical workload and improves mental performance of helicopter emergency teams.
Physical and mental workload during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is challenging under extreme working conditions. We hypothesized that the mechanical chest-compression device Lund University Cardiac Assist System (LUCAS) increases the effectiveness of CPR, decreases the physical workload and improves the mental performance of the emergency medical service (EMS) staff during simulated emergency helicopter flights. ⋯ During simulated helicopter flights LUCAS-CPR improved the efficacy of chest-compressions, was physically less demanding and provided enhanced cognitive performance of the EMS team as compared to manual CPR.