Summary

Cerebral blood flow measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasound during manual chest wall or automated LUCAS-2 compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Carmona Jiménez F, Palma Padró P, Soto García MA, Rodríguez Venegas JC

Affiliation of the authors

Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM). Barcelona, Spain.

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Carmona Jiménez F, Palma Padró P, Soto García MA, Rodríguez Venegas JC. Cerebral blood flow measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasound during manual chest wall or automated LUCAS-2 compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Emergencias. 2012;24:47-9

Summary

Effective chest wall compressions are essential to ensure a minimum of cerebral blood

flow during resuscitation, but manual compression maneuvers are not always

efficacious. The LUCAS system delivers chest wall compressions that comply with

international recommendations. Using transcranial Doppler ultrasound to measure

cerebral blood flow, we compared flow during the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of 6

patients before and after placement of the LUCAS device. Two of the patients in

cardiorespiratory arrest secondary to subarachnoid bleeding had no cerebral blood

flow with either manual or automated compressions. For the other 4 patients, cerebral

blood flow was better during the automated compressions from the LUCAS system.

 

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