What Are Ambulance Crews' Experiences of Using a Mechanical Chest Compression Device for Out-of-hospital Resuscitation? A Constructivist Qualitative Study Utilising Online Focus Groups
Should a person have a cardiac arrest (where their heart stops beating) they require treatment of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This includes providing chest compressions. Traditionally these compressions are provided by hand but mechanical chest compression devices (MCCD) have been investigated for use in out of hospital resuscitation attempts.
Research trials recruiting human participants have concluded recently. They all found no difference in survival outcomes when MCCD and manual compressions were compared.
Despite this, the latest expert review on MCCD suggests that MCCD can be a reasonable alternative to high quality manual compressions when these cannot be provided. MCCD continue to be used by Specialists in the local ambulance service and historically by those recruiting patients to a national multi centre trial of MCCD. There is another, as yet under-investigated element, and that is of ambulance crews' experiences of using such devices. Therefore it is a reasonable topic to investigate.
A comparison of conventional adult out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation against a concept with mechanical chest compressions and simultaneous defibrillation - LINC study - LINC (LUCAS IN Cardiac Arrest) study
A Comparison of Conventional Adult Out-of-hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Against a Concept With Mechanical Chest Compressions and Simultaneous Defibrillation
The primary objective is to show superiority in survival of the modified method with the LUCAS Chest Compression System, compared to the conventional manual resuscitation method in patients suffering from out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest.
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