Physical Workload Identify in Chest Compression Position Using Surface Electromyogram

Hanyang University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Behavioral: chest compression with standing position; Behavioral: chest compression with kneeling position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02088879

EMG CPR-freq1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The chest compression depth decreases over time after starting continuous chest compression due to the rescuers' fatigue.

The investigators hypothesized that the frequency parameters from surface electromyogram from each muscle during chest compression may reflect the muscle fatigue of the rescuers.

Then investigators can identify which of the body are mainly used and get tired by continuous chest compression using surface electromyogram.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• doctors with American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) provider certification
• healthy, experienced health-care providers

Exclusion criteria

• physical pain (ex. low back, wrist)
• heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Group1

Experimental group

Description:

* first : chest compression with kneeling position * second : chst compression with standing position

Treatment:

Behavioral: chest compression with kneeling position

Behavioral: chest compression with standing position

Group2

Experimental group

Description:

* first : chest compression with standing position * second : chst compression with kneeling position

Treatment:

Behavioral: chest compression with kneeling position

Behavioral: chest compression with standing position