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Extensive soft tissue trauma due to prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation using an automated chest compression (ACC) device
  1. Thomas Michalski1,
  2. Roman Gottardi2,
  3. Martin W Dünser3
  1. 1 Central Emergency Department, Salzburg General Hospital and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
  2. 2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Salzburg General Hospital and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
  3. 3 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Intensive Care Medicine, Salzburg General Hospital and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
  1. Correspondence to Dr Thomas Michalski, Central Emergency Department, Salzburg General Hospital and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, Salzburg 5020, Austria; t.michalski{at}salk.at

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-202975

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    • Contributors MD gathered the data. RG was responsible for the survey. TM submitted the manuscript. The use of ACC is an effective and well-validated treatment in resuscitation. Our picture will show that prolongated use can have side effects. But most of them are uncritical and have no negative influence in the outcome of return of circulation.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.