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Table 1 Chest compression performance of the participants

From: Evaluation of manual chest compressions according to the updated cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines and the impact of feedback devices in an educational resuscitation course

 

Overall

  

Male

  

Female

  

n (%)

88 (100)

  

29 (33.0)

  

59 (67.0)

  
 

Pre

Post

p-value

Pre

Post

p-value

Pre

Post

p-value

CCR, cpm

112.5 [108–116]

109.5 [105–113]

 

112 [108–115]

109 [105–112]

 

113 [109–116]

110 [105–114]

 

< 100, n (%)

7 (8.0)

10 (11.4)

 

3 (10.3)

4 (13.8)

 

4 (6.8)

6 (10.2)

 

100–120, n (%)

77 (87.5)

77 (87.5)

 

24 (82.8)

25 (86.2)

 

53 (89.8)

52 (88.1)

 

> 120, n (%)

4 (4.5)

1 (1.1)

 

2 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (3.4)

1 (1.7)

 

Correct CCR percentage, %

96 [82.5–99.5]

99 [92.5–100]

0.093

93 [75–99]

100 [97–100]

0.036

96 [89.5–99.5]

99 [84.5–100]

0.587

CCD, cm

5.40 [4.88–5.81]

5.30 [4.83–5.58]

 

5.50 [5.18–5.83]

5.46 [5.14–5.82]

 

5.29 [4.75–5.69]

5.10 [4.68–5.45]

 

< 5 cm, n (%)

27 (30.7)

30 (34.1)

 

5 (17.2)

4 (13.8)

 

22 (37.3)

26 (44.1)

 

5–6 cm, n (%)

52 (59.1)

56 (63.6)

 

21 (72.4)

23 (79.3)

 

31 (52.5)

33 (55.9)

 

> 6 cm, n (%)

9 (10.2)

2 (2.3)

 

3 (10.3)

2 (6.9)

 

6 (10.2)

0 (0.0)

 

Correct CCD percentage, %

66 [18.5–90]

72 [27–94]

0.361

81 [39–93]

76 [58–94]

0.871

52 [17.5–88]

68 [20–93]

0.361

  1. Data are presented as medians (interquartile range [IQR])
  2. Abbreviations: CCR Chest compression rate, cpm compressions per minute, CCD Chest compression depth