Medical Director Anchorage Areawide EMS Eagle River, Alaska
Disclosure(s):
Michael K. Levy, MD: Stryker Emergency Care: Consulting fees or other remuneration (Ongoing), Independent Contractor (Ongoing)
Mechanical CPR devices are widely used and gaining in popularity and yet many studies show no improvement in outcomes associated with their use, some indicated potential worse outcomes. Learn how to optimize outcomes in this state of the art, systematic review of indications, advantages, techniques and quality improvement
Learning Objectives:
describe best use situations for mechanical cpr
define the best use metrics for application times and interruption of cpr in using mcpr
list programmable and application variable that might affect perfusion when using cpr