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Title: | Physical fitness affects the quality of single operator cardiocerebral resuscitation in healthcare professionals | Authors: | HANSEN, Dominique VRANCKX, Pascal BROEKMANS, Tom OP 'T EIJNDE, Bert Beckers, Walter Vandekerckhove, Philippe Broos, Paul DENDALE, Paul |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Source: | european journal of emergency medicine,19 (1), p. 28-34 | Abstract: | Objective Sustained external chest compressions during cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) are physically demanding. It might be hypothesized that a high cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and/or muscle strength delays the development of physical fatigue and, consequently, preserves CCR quality. We intended to assess the impact of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and muscle strength on CCR quality. Methods Fifteen healthcare professionals (10 men and five women, mean age 34± 9 years) performed a 15-min hands-on CCR session on an adult training manikin. CCR compression depth (from which CCR quality was calculated) and frequency were monitored. During CCR we assessed serial blood lactate concentrations, and provided continuous heart rate monitoring. Relationships were examined between participant characteristics, peak cardiopulmonary exercise capacity, ventilatory threshold, maximal muscle strength, muscle strength endurance and CCR quality. Results Significant univariate correlations were found between 15-min CCR quality and body height (r =0.53), ventilatory threshold (r =0.67), peak oxygen uptake capacity (r =0.54), peak cycling power output (r= 0.54), and maximal isometric elbow extension strength (r= 0.55) (P < 0.05). CCR quality was significantly lower in females, when compared with males (P < 0.05). Within different timeframes, CCR quality was mainly related to the ventilatory threshold up to the first 5 min (P < 0.05), whereas CCR quality was mainly related to maximal isometric elbow extension strength after 5 min (P <0.05). Conclusion In healthcare professionals, the ventilatory threshold is significantly related to CCR quality during the first few min. Healthcare professionals who are regularly involved in CCR should therefore aim to achieve/sustain a high aerobic exercise capacity. | Notes: | Addresses: [ 1 ] Hasselt Univ, Fac Med, Diepenbeek, Belgium [ 2 ] Jessa Hosp, Heart Ctr Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium [ 3 ] PHL Univ Coll, Rehabil Res Ctr, Dept Healthcare, Diepenbeek, Belgium [ 4 ] Heart Ctr Hasselt, Dept Cardiac Intens Care, Diepenbeek, Belgium [ 5 ] Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Surg, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium | Keywords: | HOSPITAL CARDIAC-ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION; CHEST COMPRESSIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; PERFORMANCE; THRESHOLD; RESCUER; MIN; exercise tolerance; quality; resuscitation | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/11985 | ISSN: | 0969-9546 | e-ISSN: | 1473-5695 | DOI: | 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328347a2aa | ISI #: | 000299119500007 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2013 |
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