What is the machine used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to do compressions?

Answer 1

There are actually several machines on the market to do chest compressions the first is called by many paramedics the "Thumper" i do not know the brand name. The second that is being looked at by several hospitals in Virginia and is being used in Richmond and several surrounding counties is a device that looks like a backboard and has straps that are adjusted by the device to squeeze the chest at appropriate intervals. It is FDA approved for individuals 18 and older at this time. it is designed to provide consistent effective compressions while allowing the rescuers to focus on treatment. As the design compresses the entire chest it also provides for air exchange thus assisting not only with cardiac circulation but oxygenation as well. If you look at Richmond EMS website you might be able to find the device to get the Name.

Answer 2

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What is the machine used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to do compressions?

Answer 3

There IS a machine which does the actual compressions - I saw it in action about 15 years ago in A&E. It was clamped to the side of the trolley and positioned above the patient's chest. The rate and depth of the compressions could then be altered according to the age and size of the patient. It was a grotesque looking thing and I don't think it ever caught on. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of it... so I shouldn't really have bothered answering. Sorry!

Answer 4

There isn't actually a machine that does compressions on the heart, thats what the hands are for. The machine youmay be thinking of is called a defibrillator which is used in certain cardiac arrest and also other situations to deliver a controlled electrical shock to the heart to repolarise the electirical activity to resume a normal heart beat. It can also be used ona beating heart to regulate the speed at which the heart is beating. Hope this helps you.

Jude (Critical Care Nurse)

Answer 5

there is no machine that does compressions. Compressions are only done as first aid to keep blood circulating.
if the heart is fibrillated (has lost it's sinusoidal electric impulse) the only thing that can restore the proper rhythm is a defibrillator. No amount of compressions can do this

Answer 6

If you're talking about the electrical thingy where a person shouts "clear" and pump it on the chest of the patient with cardiac failure, it is the defibrillator. (NOT fibrillator)
It is used for cardiac fibrillation (the heart is beating out of control, common in heart attacks). It works by passing a large electric shock through the heart, stopping the heart completely, and thus allowing the heart to restart its beating by itself. It does not directly cause the heart to beat again.
P.S. Just for information, in some bad soap operas or movies you see a person with no heartbeat, and the docs defibrillates him, and the patient recovers. This is impossible. Defibrillation just stops the heart - not restart it.

Answer 7

Don't know and don't care, but a study in the most recent version of the New England Journal of Medicine says there is zero difference in results from that done by the machine versus that done by human hands, so its a waste of medical money resources!

Answer 8

that machine is called the INTERN and it's meant to be able to perform about 100% of the commands nurses, residents and doctors dictate.

Answer 9

the machine that is used in resuscitiation is called a fibulator

Answer 10

defibrillator, its that what u see in ER when they "zapp" the patient...