[Analysis of the intra-hospital attending of ventricular fibrilation/ventricular taquicardia simulated events].

Objective: To analyze the time intervals between the beginning of the Ventricular Fibrilation/Ventricular Taquicardia (VF/VT) and the main procedures made.

Methods: Twenty VF/VT simulations were performed and filmed in a hospital environment, using a static mannequin, on random days at random times. All teams had the same level of skills.

Improved hemodynamic performance with a novel chest compression device during treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Introduction: The purpose of this pilot clinical study was to determine if a novel chest compression device would improve hemodynamics when compared to manual chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in humans. The device is an automated self-adjusting electromechanical chest compressor based on AutoPulse technology (Revivant Corporation) that uses a load distributing compression band (A-CPR) to compress the anterior chest.

Methods: A total of 31 sequential subjects with in-hospital sudden cardiac arrest were screened with institutional review board approval.