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Abdominal pumping

H Hillman1

  • 1Unity Laboratory of Applied Neurobiology, University of Surrey Guildford, United Kingdom.

Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
|September 1, 1994
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Interposed abdominal compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC-CPR) involves abdominal pumping to aid resuscitation. Animal studies and a simple clinical technique show promise, suggesting further investigation is warranted for this CPR method.

Area of Science:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Critical Care

Background:

  • Traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques may be enhanced by adjuncts.
  • Hypothermia-induced cardiac arrest presents unique resuscitation challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the development and clinical application of interposed abdominal compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC-CPR).
  • To describe a simple technique for IAC-CPR suitable for clinical use.

Main Methods:

  • Review of author's experience with IAC-CPR.
  • Examination of animal resuscitation studies, including phasic compression for hypothermic cardiac arrest in rats.
  • Description of a clinical IAC-CPR technique using abdominal compression with a book or board.

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Main Results:

  • Successful resuscitation of rats from prolonged hypothermic cardiac arrest using phasic abdominal compression.
  • Anecdotal clinical results from IAC-CPR application.

Conclusions:

  • IAC-CPR, incorporating abdominal pumping, has a basis in animal resuscitation research.
  • A simple IAC-CPR technique is described for clinical consideration.
  • Further controlled clinical trials are recommended to validate IAC-CPR efficacy.