%0 Journal Article
%T The mechanism of blood flow during chest compressions for cardiac arrest is probably influenced by the patient's chest configuration
%J Archive of "Acute Medicine & Surgery".
%D 2018
%R 10.1002/ams2.336
%X Mechanical assist devices are sometimes needed during resuscitation efforts of patients with prolonged cardiac arrest. Two such devices, the AutoPulse and the LUCAS, have different mechanisms of action. We propose that the effectiveness of mechanical assist devices is somewhat dependent on the configuration and compliance of the patient's chest wall
%K Cardiac compression
%K device
%K resuscitation
%K straight back syndrome
%K thoracic pump
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028802/