Evaluation of manual chest compressions according to the updated cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines and the impact of feedback devices in an educational resuscitation course.

Background: The cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines revised in 2015 recommend target chest compression rate (CCR) and chest compression depth (CCD) of 100-120 compressions per minute (cpm) and 5-6 cm, respectively. We hypothesized that the new guidelines are harder to comply with, even with proper feedback.

Methods: This prospective observational study using data collected from the participants of an Immediate Cardiac Life Support course included the evaluation of chest compressions using performance data from a feedback device after the completion of the course.

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta might be dangerous in patients with severe torso trauma: A propensity score analysis.

Background: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a key procedure in early trauma care that provides hemorrhage control in hemodynamically unstable torso trauma patients. However, the clinical efficacy of REBOA remains uncertain. The objective of this study was to estimate the efficacy of REBOA in surgically treated severe torso trauma patients.