Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 202-206 , May 2006

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Prone Position: A Simplified Method for Outpatients

Received 21 July 2005 ,Accepted 29 December 2005.

References 

  1. Kuowenhoven WB , Jude JR , Knickerbocker GG . Closed chest cardiac massage . JAMA . 1960;173:1064–1067
  2. McNeil E . Re-evaluation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation . Resuscitation . 1989;18:1–5
  3. Brison RJ, Davidson JR, Dreyer JF, Jones G, Maloney J, Munkley DP, et al  Cardiac arrest in Ontario: circumstances, community response, role of prehospital defibrillation and predictors of survival . Can Med Assoc J . 1992;147:1427–1428
  4. Pell JP , Sirel JM , Marsden AK , Ford I , Walker NL , Cobbe SM . Potential impact of public access defibrillators on survival after out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest: retrospective cohort study . Br Med J . 2002;325:515–522
  5. Stewart J . Resuscitating an idea: prone CPR . Resuscitation . 2002;54:231–236
  6. Mazer SP, Weisfeldt M, Bai D, Cardinale C, Arora R, Ma C, et al  Reverse CPR: a pilot study of CPR in the prone position . Resuscitation . 2003;57:279–285
  7. Wei J . Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prone position: a simplified method for outpatients . Resuscitation . 2004;62:120–121
  8. Suzuki A, Suzuki Y, Takahata O, Fujimoto K, Nagashima K, Mamiya K, et al  A survey of 3,303 6th-year medical students from 36 universities concerning knowledge of resuscitation-more than 80% of medical students cannot perform standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation? . Masui . 2001;50:316–322
  9. Halperin HR, Tsitlik JE, Gelfand M, Weisfeldt ML, Gruben KG, Levin HR, et al  A preliminary study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by circumferential compression of the chest with use of a pneumatic vest . N Engl J Med. . 1993;329:762–768
  10. Ohomoto T , Miura I , Konno A . A new method of external cardiac massage to improve diastolic augmentation and prolong survival time . Ann Thorac Surg. . 1976;21:284–290
  11. Lurie KG , Lindo C , Chin J . CPR: The P stands for plumber's helper . JAMA . 1990;264:1661
  12. Tang W, Weil MH, Schock RB, Sato Y, Lucas J, Sun S, et al. Phased chest and abdominal compression-decompression: a new option for cardiopulmonary resuscitation . Circulation . 1997;95:1335–1340
  13. Valenzuela TD , Roe DJ , Nichol G , Clark LL , Spaite DW , Hardman RG . Outcomes of rapid defibrillation by security officers after cardiac arrest in casinos . N Engl J Med. . 2000;343:1206–1209
  14. Sun WZ , Huang FY , Kung KL , Fan SZ , Chen TL . Successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation of two patients in the prone position using reversed pre-cordial compression . Anesthesiology . 1992;77:202–204

PII: S1726-4901(09)70219-9

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70219-9

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 202-206 , May 2006

Article Tools