We read the article by kyuseok Kim et al and found it interesting.
Since the changes made by American Heart Association (AHA) in 2010 in
Basic Life Support we always wondered that what should be the upper limit
of chest compression. Though European Resuscitation council (ERC) has
recommended chest compression rate to be kept between 100-120/min. Now we
have an answer from this study that it should be kept between 100-120/min
as rate more than this would compromise complete chest recoil. Incomplete
chest recoil will affect the cardiac preload and output. It will also
decrease passive air inhalation during cardio pulmonary resuscitation. As
this study was done on manikin, a larger trial on human being in the
future may resolve the issue.
We read the article by kyuseok Kim et al and found it interesting. Since the changes made by American Heart Association (AHA) in 2010 in Basic Life Support we always wondered that what should be the upper limit of chest compression. Though European Resuscitation council (ERC) has recommended chest compression rate to be kept between 100-120/min. Now we have an answer from this study that it should be kept between 100-120/min as rate more than this would compromise complete chest recoil. Incomplete chest recoil will affect the cardiac preload and output. It will also decrease passive air inhalation during cardio pulmonary resuscitation. As this study was done on manikin, a larger trial on human being in the future may resolve the issue.
Conflict of Interest:
There is no competing interest among the authors