Deeper chest compression – More complications for cardiac arrest patients?

Resuscitation complications encountered in forensic autopsy cases performed in XXX province.

“…Krischer and colleagues have reported in detail on ten complications, mentioned above, among 705 cases, while Paaske and colleagues have noticed three complications among 268 cases. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Life-threatening complications were rare in these studies.…”

Medical Correctness and User Friendliness of Available Apps for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Systematic Search Combined With Guideline Adherence and Usability Evaluation (Preprint)

“…Furthermore, 50.0% of the apps did not even guide the user to assess whether the person is breathing (see, hear, feel). Out of the 34 apps studied 18 (52.9%) recommended no or wrong compression depth, despite numerous studies suggesting to compress to a depth of at least 5 cm but not more than 6 cm to increase the medical outcome [47][48][49][50][51][52].…”

Basic Cardiac Life Support: 2016 Singapore Guidelines

“…(19) In an observational study of 170 casualties, injuries were reported in 28%, 27% and 49% of casualties who had compression depths of < 5 cm, 5-6 cm and > 6 cm, respectively. (20) Considering that the body size of Asians is generally smaller than that of people in the West, compression of the chest deeper than 5 cm might not be necessary in Singapore. A study from Japan that investigated the association between the body weight of rescuers and the quality of chest compressions revealed that adequate compression rate and depth among the light body weight group decreased signifi cantly over time as compared to the heavy body weight group.…”