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Efficacy Of Interposed Abdominal Compression-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr), Active Compression And Decompression-Cpr, And Lifestick Cpr: Basic Physiology In A Spreadsheet Model, Charles F. Babbs
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications
This study was undertaken to understand and predict results of experimental cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques involving compression and decompression of either the chest or the abdomen. Simple mathematical models of the adult human circulation were used. Assumptions of the models are limited to normal human anatomy and physiology, the definition of compliance (volume change/pressure change), and Ohm’s law (flow = pressure / resistance). Interposed abdominal compression-CPR, active compression and decompression of the chest, and Lifestick CPR, which combines interposed abdominal compression and active compression and decompression, produce, respectively, 1.9-, 1.2-, and 2.4- fold greater blood flow than standard CPR and …