Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100794
Iana Meitlis , Jane Hall , Navya Gunaje , Megin Parayil , Betty Y Yang , Kyle Danielson , Catherine R Counts , Christopher Drucker , Charles Maynard , Thomas D Rea , Peter J. Kudenchuk , Michael R Sayre , Nicholas J Johnson
{"title":"Regional variation in temperature control after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest","authors":"Iana Meitlis , Jane Hall , Navya Gunaje , Megin Parayil , Betty Y Yang , Kyle Danielson , Catherine R Counts , Christopher Drucker , Charles Maynard , Thomas D Rea , Peter J. Kudenchuk , Michael R Sayre , Nicholas J Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100794","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>We evaluated hospitals for variation in temperature control (TC) use after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a regional emergency medical services system and assessed association of hospital-level TC utilization with survival.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective cohort study of adults with non-traumatic OHCA who survived to hospital admission from 2016 to 2018 in King County, Washington. Hospitals with < 80 OHCA cases were excluded. Primary exposure was hospital-level proportion of TC. Measured outcomes were survival to hospital discharge and neurologically favorable survival (defined as Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2). Logistic regression modeling clustered patients by treating hospital and evaluated associations between TC and outcomes with covariate adjustment.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 1,035 eligible patients admitted to eight hospitals, 69% were male, 38% had an initial shockable rhythm, and 61% had presumed cardiac etiology for OHCA. TC was initiated in 787 patients (74%) and ranged from 57 to 87% across hospitals. Overall, 34% of patients survived neurologically intact, 74% of whom received TC. In the adjusted model, public OHCA location (OR: 1.7 [95% CI 1.3–2.3]), witnessed arrest (OR: 1.6 [1.2–2.2]), and shockable rhythm (OR: 5.5 [3.9–7.8]) were more strongly associated with survival than TC utilization (OR: 0.6 [0.4–0.8]). Similar results were seen for neurologically favorable survival and did not vary significantly by hospital.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Hospital-level TC utilization was not associated with improved survival or neurologically favorable survival after OHCA. Future studies should examine which aspects of the post-cardiac arrest care bundle most strongly influence outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100794"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100787
Qian Liu , Beibei Li , Siyi Zhou, Lulu Gu, Letian Xue, Ruyue Lu, Li Xu, Peng Sun
{"title":"The effect of hand and body position on chest compression quality and rescuer fatigue in prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation","authors":"Qian Liu , Beibei Li , Siyi Zhou, Lulu Gu, Letian Xue, Ruyue Lu, Li Xu, Peng Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100787","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100787","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>This study aimed to compare the quality of compressions in supine cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and prone CPR by performing chest compressions on a manikin. Evaluating the effect of prone CPR using different hand and body position on the quality of manual chest compressions and fatigue of participants.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>After completing 2 min of chest compression in the supine position (Supine Group), 25 participants randomly performed three sets of 2-minutes chest compressions on a prone position manikin. Stand + hands overlapped Group: participants stood beside the patient bed with their hands overlapped and placed on the posterior segment of the thoracic spine between the scapulae, Straddle + hands separated Group: participants straddled the patient bed with their hands placed above the scapulae on both sides at the mid-chest level, and Straddle + hands overlapped Group: participants straddled the patient bed with their hands overlapping on the posterior segment of the thoracic spine between the scapulae. Subsequently, the quality of chest compressions and participants fatigue were assessed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Chest compression depth ratio and mean chest compression depth (MCCD) were worse in the three prone CPR groups (Stand + hands overlapped Group: 0.0(0.0,15.6) %, 39.8 ± 1.3 mm; Straddle + hands separated Group: 1.4(0.0,11.7) %, 42.4 ± 1.2 mm; Straddle + hands overlapped Group: 0.0(0.0,9.2) %, 40.9 ± 1.2 mm) than in the Supine group (87.1(68.1,94.0) %; p < 0.001, 52.4 ± 0.4 mm; p < 0.001). In the three prone CPR groups, Straddle + hands separated Group had the greatest MCCD, lowest changes in heart rate (p = 0.018) and lowest changes in RPE scores (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the four groups in terms of mean chest compression rate, accurate chest compression rate ratio, or correct recoil ratio.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This simulation-based study showed that the quality of chest compressions was worse in the prone position than in the supine position. When prone chest compressions were performed using different hand and body position, prone CPR performed by a participant straddling a hospital bed with hands placed above the scapula on either side at the mid-chest level provided higher-quality chest compressions and lower rescuer fatigue.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100787"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100792
Belén Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Eva M.ª Montoro-Ramírez, Sebastián Sanz-Martos, Francisco Segura-Galán, Henrique Da Silva Domingues
{"title":"Construction and psychometric validation in Spanish schoolchildren of a knowledge questionnaire on basic life support and Automated External Defibrillator (ConocES-BLS/AED) in Spain","authors":"Belén Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Eva M.ª Montoro-Ramírez, Sebastián Sanz-Martos, Francisco Segura-Galán, Henrique Da Silva Domingues","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100792","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The 60 % of cardiac arrests happen in the out-of-hospital setting. In 2023, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation issued a statement entitled “Children save lives”, recommending the teaching of basic life support to children from the age of 12. However, we have not identified validated instruments that assess the level of knowledge of schoolchildren about BLS and AED. Objective: Construction and psychometric validation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge on Basic Life Support (BLS) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in primary to secondary school children. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive study of validation of the questionnaire consisting of several phases: construction of the questionnaire on knowledge on BLS and AED (ConocES-BLS/AED), content validation, pilot test and psychometric validation. Results: The ConocES-SVB/AED questionnaire was constructed, content validation was carried out by 14 experts, the pilot test carried out on 105 students reported good reliability (0.84), and finally with the psychometric validation a questionnaire composed of 12 items was obtained and psychometrically validated using the Item Response Theory in a final sample of 182 participants. Adequate fit values and acceptable reliability (0.65) were obtained, demonstrating its usefulness to accurately measure the level of knowledge about SVB/AED maneuvers in schoolchildren. Conclusions: The created and validated questionnaire provides educators with a fundamental resource to identify areas of lack of knowledge, improve and design effective educational interventions for schoolchildren on SVB/AED maneuvers<strong>.</strong></div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100792"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100795
Mary E. Bernardin , Jyoti Arora , Paul Schuler , Benjamin Fisher , Joseph Finney , Elizabeth Kendrick , Danielle Lee
{"title":"Social determinants of health and their associations with outcomes in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A national study of the NEMSIS database","authors":"Mary E. Bernardin , Jyoti Arora , Paul Schuler , Benjamin Fisher , Joseph Finney , Elizabeth Kendrick , Danielle Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100795","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100795","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social determinants of health (SDOH) impact health disparities, though little is known about the effects of SDOH on pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This cross-sectional study utilized the NEMSIS Database to obtain nationwide POHCA data from 2021 to 2023. Outcomes included performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillator (AED) usage, and obtainment of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). SDOH data was obtained from the US Census Bureau and included minority race/ethnicities status, poverty levels, and educational attainment of the community where POCHAs occurred. Multivariable logistic regression and Cochran-Armitage trend tests were used to assess associations between SDOH and POHCA outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Query of the NEMSIS Database yielded 27,137 POHCAs. The odds of CPR performance and obtainment of ROSC were significantly higher (p < 0.001) in communities with lower levels of minority races/ethnicities. The odds of bystander CPR, AED usage, and obtainment of ROSC all increased significantly (p < 0.001) in the wealthiest communities compared to the poorest communities. The odds of bystander AED usage (p = 0.001) and ROSC (p = 0.003) were significantly higher in communities with the highest educational attainment. As the minority status and poverty level of the community increased and educational attainment decreased, there was a significant decreasing trend (p < 0.001) in performance of bystander CPR, AED usage, and obtainment of ROSC.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Community-level SDOH, including increasing community minority status, poverty levels, and decreasing educational attainment, are associated with less bystander CPR, AED usage, and ROSC obtainment in POHCAs. Understanding SDOH offers opportunities for public health interventions addressing disparities in POHCA outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100795"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100796
Sara C. Handley , Ingrid M. Nembhard , Cecelia L. Corson , Molly Passarella , Charlotte Cecarelli , Henry C. Lee , Jennifer Cohen , John Chuo , Jennifer Tioseco , Christopher P. Bonafide , Elizabeth E. Foglia
{"title":"Development and testing of a resuscitation-specific measure of organizational culture for resuscitation teams","authors":"Sara C. Handley , Ingrid M. Nembhard , Cecelia L. Corson , Molly Passarella , Charlotte Cecarelli , Henry C. Lee , Jennifer Cohen , John Chuo , Jennifer Tioseco , Christopher P. Bonafide , Elizabeth E. Foglia","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100796","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100796","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The organizational culture (shared beliefs, perceptions, and values) of teams informs their behaviours and practices. Little is known about organizational culture for resuscitation teams. Our objective was to develop a reliable and valid resuscitation-specific organizational culture instrument (ROCI) with the goal of improving team performance.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Using Neonatal Resuscitation Program principles, literature review, and discussion of existing culture measures with experts, we identified organizational culture components for resuscitation and adapted existing measures to resuscitation. We developed a ROCI with five subscales (role clarity, shared-mental models, closed-loop communication, team adaptability, and psychological safety) and administered it to neonatal resuscitation team members across a hospital network. Survey psychometric assessment included reliability analyses (Cronbach’s α, Pearson correlation coefficients) and validity testing (confirmatory factor analysis [CFA] and regression models examining the association of culture with implementation outcomes: climate and perceived success).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Across 11 hospitals there were 318 complete responses (41 % response rate). Of the 22-items tested, 18 were retained after iterative psychometric assessment. The ROCI had excellent overall reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.994) and very good subscale reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.789–0.867). The CFA goodness-of-fit statistics confirmed five constructs (subscales). At the individual-level, the ROCI and all subscales were associated with both implementation outcomes. At the hospital-level, the ROCI overall and three subscales were associated with perceived success.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The ROCI is a reliable and valid measure of the organizational culture of resuscitation teams. Future ROCI assessments may provide a foundation to inform culture change initiatives to improve resuscitation quality and outcomes across populations and contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100796"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100791
Lawrence Oonyu , Gavin D. Perkins , Christopher M. Smith , Christian Vaillancourt , Theresa M. Olasveengen , Janet E. Bray , on behalf of the ILCOR BLS Task Force
{"title":"The impact of locked cabinets for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on cardiac arrest and AED outcomes: A scoping review","authors":"Lawrence Oonyu , Gavin D. Perkins , Christopher M. Smith , Christian Vaillancourt , Theresa M. Olasveengen , Janet E. Bray , on behalf of the ILCOR BLS Task Force","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100791","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100791","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Rapid public defibrillation with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) is critical to improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival. Concerns about AED theft and vandalism have led to implementing security measures, including locked cabinets. This scoping review, conducted as part of the evidence review for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, explores the impact of securing AEDs in locked cabinets.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Searches of Medline, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL (from database inception to 25/5/2024) and Google Scholar (first 200 articles). Studies of any type or design, published with an English abstract, examining the impact of locked AED cabinets were included. The included studies were grouped by outcomes, and an iterative narrative synthesis was performed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We screened 2,096 titles and found 10 relevant studies: 8 observational studies (4 published as conference abstracts) and 2 simulation studies. No study reported patient outcomes. Studies reported data on between 36 and 31,938 AEDs. Most studies reported low rates (<2%) of theft/missing/vandalism, including AEDs that were accessible 24/7. The only study comparing unlocked and locked cabinets showed minimal difference in theft and vandalism rates (0.3% vs. 0.1%). Two simulation studies showed significantly slower AED retrieval when additional security measures, included locked cabinets, were used. A survey of first responders reported half (25/50) were injured while accessing an AED that required breaking glass to access.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The limited literature suggests that vandalism and the loss of AEDs are rare and occur in locked and unlocked cabinets. Research on this topic is needed that focuses on real-life retrieval and patient outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100791"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100790
Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Andrew Fu Wah Ho, Bridget Dicker
{"title":"Resuscitation registries – Worldwide initiatives to deliver data for saving more life after cardiac arrest","authors":"Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Andrew Fu Wah Ho, Bridget Dicker","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100790","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100790","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100790"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Resuscitation plusPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100788
Sherif Gonem , Daniella Draicchio , Ayad Mohamed , Sally Wood , Kelly Shiel , Steve Briggs , Tricia M McKeever , Dominick Shaw
{"title":"Physiological deterioration prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest: What does the National Early Warning Score-2 miss?","authors":"Sherif Gonem , Daniella Draicchio , Ayad Mohamed , Sally Wood , Kelly Shiel , Steve Briggs , Tricia M McKeever , Dominick Shaw","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100788","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100788","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>To determine the frequency with which the National Early Warning Score-2 (NEWS-2) fails to detect physiological deterioration preceding in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a retrospective observational study of all adult patients (age ≥ 18) who had suffered an IHCA between 1st July 2019 and 31st December 2021 in two large acute hospitals located in an urban centre (Nottingham, UK). Clinical observations and case notes were examined for the period leading up to IHCA events to determine if there was evidence of physiological deterioration which warranted an urgent patient assessment, whether NEWS-2 was triggered, and whether an urgent assessment actually took place.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Urgent assessment was indicated in the lead-up to 126/374 (33.7 %) IHCA cases, and NEWS-2 failed to trigger in 20 of these cases (15.9 %). An urgent assessment took place in 89/106 (84.0 %) cases where NEWS-2 was triggered, and 13/20 (65.0 %) cases where NEWS-2 was not triggered, with the difference in proportions being statistically significant (p = 0.048). Half of cases in which NEWS-2 missed a physiological deterioration were related to a new or rising oxygen requirement.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>A significant proportion of IHCA events are preceded by clinically important abnormalities in vital signs which are not detected by NEWS-2. This may be a causative factor in some failure-to-rescue events.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100788"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complication frequency of mechanical chest compression devices: A single-center, blinded study using retrospective data","authors":"Takumi Tsuchida , Takashi Kamiishi , Hiroaki Usubuchi , Akiko Semba , Masaki Takahashi , Asumi Mizugaki , Mariko Hayamizu , Mineji Hayakawa , Takeshi Wada","doi":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100786","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100786","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>Use of mechanical chest compression devices for patients with cardiac arrest is increasing. As cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines and LUCAS are updated, the evidence requires updating.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This single-center, retrospective study observed adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest receiving CPR from emergency services. Patients were assigned to LUCAS or manual CPR groups, matched by propensity score, and evaluated through computed tomography images by a radiologist blinded to their data. The primary outcome was complications from chest compressions, and logistic regression was used to analyze their risk factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Overall, 261 patients were selected and divided into manual and LUCAS groups (n = 69 each). The manual CPR group exhibited higher witnessed cardiac arrest percentages (p = 0.023) and shorter times from scene to emergency department (p = 0.001) and total CPR duration (p = 0.002), versus the LUCAS group. Complication rates showed no significant intergroup differences in overall CPR complications (p = 0.462); however, the LUCAS group reported more hemothorax incidents (p = 0.028), versus the manual group. Logistic regression indicated that female sex (odds ratio [OR] 3.743, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.333–10.506), older age (OR 1.089, 95 % CI 1.048–1.132), and longer CPR durations (OR 1.045, 95 % CI 1.006–1.085) significantly correlated with compression complications, whereas LUCAS use did not (OR 0.713, 95 % CI 0.304–1.673).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>No association was observed between LUCAS use and the overall incidence of chest compression complications in adults with OHCA. LUCAS is associated with more hemothorax cases and longer transport time, versus manual CPR. Evaluating LUCAS’s benefits necessitates multiple perspectives and further research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":94192,"journal":{"name":"Resuscitation plus","volume":"20 ","pages":"Article 100786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520424002376/pdfft?md5=a8b09004911812fab518e99f463098a1&pid=1-s2.0-S2666520424002376-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}