Infant Chest Compression

A Randomized Comparison of Three Chest Compression Techniques and Associated Hemodynamic Effect During Infant CPR: a Randomized Manikin Study

Pediatric cardiac arrest is an uncommon but critical life-threatening event requiring effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). About 16,000 pediatric cardiac arrests occurs in the United States annually. Only 8% of the patients survive to hospital discharge and of these, up to two-thirds have neurological sequelae. Majority of pediatric cardiac arrest are below age of two and have poorer chance of survival versus older children

Inclusion Criteria:

• active paramedics
• voluntary consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy
• back pain
• wrist pain