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Resuscitation of the patient with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 when wearing personal protective equipment: A randomized multicenter crossover simulation trial.

Marek MalyszAgnieszka SzarpakBernd W BöttigerJacek SmerekaAgnieszka SzarpakKrzysztof J FilipiakMilosz Jaroslaw JaguszewskiKrzysztof Jerzy FilipiakJerzy Robert ŁadnyLukasz Szarpak
Published in: Cardiology journal (2020)
According to the results of this simulation trial, automated chest compression devices (ACCD) should be used for chest compression of patients with suspected/confirmed COVID-19. In the absence of ACCD, it seems reasonable to change the cardiopulmonary resuscitation algorithm (in the context of patients with suspected/confirmed COVID-19) by reducing the duration of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation cycle from the current 2-min to 1-min cycles due to a statistically significant reduction in the quality of chest compressions among rescuers wearing PPE AGP.
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