Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

5][6][7][8] Conversely, interruptions in CPR or failure to provide compressions during cardiac arrest ("no-flow time") have been noted to have a negative impact on survival in animal studies. 7Consensus guidelines clearly define how CPR is to be performed, 9 but the parameters of CPR in actual practice are not routinely measured, nor is the quality known.There are multiple reasons for concern regarding the quality of CPR.Even though CPR training programs are ubiquitous, a number of studies demonstrate that these learned resuscitation skills deteriorate over time. 10,11Furthermore, issues such as translation of skills from training environments to actual cardiac arrest settings, as well as rescuer fatigue…

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