SGEM#136: CPR – Man or Machine?

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2015Mechanical Chest Compression for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestEmergency & ResuscitationIn 12,206 adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, mechanical chest compression did not improve survival or neurological outcome compared with manual chest compression.
• 2015ROC CCCEmergency & ResuscitationIn 23,711 adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, continuous chest compressions by EMS did not improve survival to discharge versus interrupted compressions.