Effects of dominant hand in contact with sternum on the quality of external chest compression on high-fidelity manikin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0282.2016.01.009
- VernacularTitle:优势手接触胸壁对高仿真模型人胸外按压质量的影响
- Author:
Shan JIANG
;
Cheng JIANG
;
Yan ZHAO
;
Bing XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
Dominant hand;
Chest compression;
High-fidelity manikin;
Medical students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine
2016;25(1):33-37
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the effects of dominant hand position on the quality of external chest compression for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the employment of the high-fidelity real-time feedback manikin system.Methods A total of 228 medical students of Wuhan University were enrolled in 2013 after standard CPR training courses.Participants were brought to a simulation scenario in which an adult happened to have heart arrest out of a hospital.Each studeut was asked to do five cycles of conventional CPR.In accordance with the dominant hand and the actual compressing hand position,the students were divided into dominant hand (DH) group and non-dominant hand (NH) group.Comparisons of chest compression rate,chest compression depth and chest recoil between two groups were carried out,respectively.The data were analyzed by the software of SPSS 13.0.Results There was no significant difference in overall chest compression rate between two groups (P > 0.05) while the frequency distributions of chest compression rate showed differences (P <0.01),and chest compression rates above 100 cycle per min in DH group were higher than that in NH group (97% vs.92%,P =0.002).There was significant differences in chest compression depth between two groups (DH 44±8 mm vs.NH 43±8mm,P=0.001).In NH group,the depth in cycle 5 (41 ±8) mm is obviously less than that in cycle 1 (44 ±7) mm,cycle 2 (43 ±7) mm and cycle 3 (43 ±8) mm.Totally,there was no differences in chest recoils between two groups [NH (98 ±8)% vs.DH (97 ± 10)%,P =0.13],but full chest recoils were seen more in NH group (85% vs.79%,P < 0.05).Conclusions The dominant hand position can improve the quality of CPR resulted from the higher compression rate,deeper compression depth as well as delayed fatigue.