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CPR performed in battlefield emergency care
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Nursing Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1641-6321
Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine, Sweden.
2019 (English)In: Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, ISSN 2202-7270, Vol. 16, p. 1-9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Introduction

During military missions medical care is provided to military personnel as well as civilians. Although cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may not be a common task in a military field hospital, all personnel need to be trained to deal with cardiac arrest.

Methods

This study was a comparative simulation study. Participants (n=36) from the Swedish armed forces performed CPR for 2 minutes at one of three different locations: at ground level, a military bed, or a transportable military stretcher. Compression depth and rate after 2 minutes of CPR and at the time of the participants’ own request to be relieved were measured. Descriptive and inferential analysis was conducted.

Results

There is a direct correlation between compression depth and working level, concluding that the higher working level, the lower the compression depth. There is in total an overall low percentage of participants within limits for correctly conducted CPR regarding both compression depth and rate. Time to fatigue is related to working level, where increased level results in early fatigue.

Conclusion

The quality of CPR is affected by the level at which it is performed. The quality of CPR was satisfactory when working at ground level, but suboptimal when working at hospital bed level or military stretcher level. When working at raised levels, participants appeared to misjudge their own compression depth and rate. This may indicate that changes are needed when CPR is practised in the military hospital setting. Future studies regarding the use footstools are required due to the height of military beds and transportable stretchers.

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The Official Journal of Paramedics Australasia , 2019. Vol. 16, p. 1-9
Keywords [en]
military medical personnel; CPR; simulation
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43101DOI: 10.33151/ajp.16.610Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85065257284OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-43101DiVA, id: diva2:1290037
Available from: 2019-02-19 Created: 2019-02-19 Last updated: 2019-06-05Bibliographically approved

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