How Much Lung Ventilation is Obtained with Only Chest-compression CPR?

L. A. Geddes1, A. Rundell1, M. Otlewski2, M. Pargett1
1Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
2Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

Tóm tắt

The objective of this 14-pig study was designed to determine the amount of lung ventilation obtainable by only rhythmic chest compression (100/min, 100 lbs). Tidal volume (TV), dead space (DS), and respiration rate (R) were measured with normal breathing and with rhythmic chest compression during ventricular fibrillation. The ratio of TV/DS was calculated in both cases. For normal breathing the ratio was 2.54 ± 0.68; for chest compression breathing the ratio was 0.80 ± 0.07. Minute alveolar ventilation (TV − DS)R was computed for both cases. With spontaneous breathing, the minute alveolar volume was 5.48 ± 2.1 l/min. With only chest-compression breathing, the alveolar ventilation was −1.49 ± 0.64 l/min. The negative minute alveolar volume and fractional ratio reveals that TV was less than the dead space indicating that chest-compression alone does not ventilate the lungs.

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