Do Mechanical Devices Improve Return of Spontaneous Circulation Over Manual Chest Compressions in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest?

Wong, Ambrose H; Swaminathan, Anand; Koyfman, Alex · Ann Emerg Med · 2015

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Abstract

Data are inadequate to determine whether recent devices (either load-distributing band or piston-driven) confer benefit or harm, though early trial data suggest they do not.

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