Analysis of smart phone video footage classifies chest compression rate during simulated CPR
Abstract
Approximately 360,000 persons suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) annually in the United States [ 1 ], and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the cornerstone of prehospital resuscitation [ 2 ]. Real-time feedback devices improve CPR quality [ 3 ] but are typically an accessory to the monitor/defibrillator and not available to the lay public. Instead, the lay public is taught to “push hard and fast” without any provision for real-time feedback to optimize performance [ 4 ]. Bystander CPR provides a key link in the chain of survival [ 5 ]: communities with higher rates of bystander CPR enjoy commensurate improvements in OHCA survival [ 2 , 6 ], and 1 additional life is saved for every 30 OHCA victims who receive bystander CPR [ 7 ].
BibTeX
@article{Frisch-2014-120720,author = {A. Frisch and S. Das and J. C. Reynolds and F. De la Torre and J. K. Hodgins and J. N. Carlson},
title = {Analysis of smart phone video footage classifies chest compression rate during simulated CPR},
journal = {American Journal of Emergency Medicine},
year = {2014},
month = {September},
volume = {32},
number = {9},
pages = {1136 - 1138},
}