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Randomized Controlled Trial
Rescuers may vary their side of approach to a casualty without impact on cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance.
- Christopher M Jones, Christopher J Thorne, Penelope S Colter, Alison Macrae, Gregory A Brown, and Jonathan Hulme.
- School of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. cmj744@bham.ac.uk
- Emerg Med J. 2013 Jan 1;30(1):74-5.
AimTo determine whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance is influenced by a rescuer's preferred side of approach.MethodsEighty-three first-year healthcare students were enrolled in a prospective randomised crossover study comparing chest compression quality during uninterrupted chest compression CPR after approach from both their preferred and non-preferred sides.ResultsChest compression quality was not dependent on rescuers' sidedness preference; neither mean compression rate and depth nor hand positioning differed between sides of approach.ConclusionsNo link exists between the side from which a rescuer approaches, or prefers to approach, a casualty and chest compression quality.
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