Volume 84, Issue 11, Pages 1579-1584 (November 2013) A stabilization device to improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during ambulance transportation: A randomized crossover trial Ning-Ping Foo, Jer-Hao Chang, Shih-Bin Su, Hung-Jung Lin, Kow-Tong Chen, Ching-Fa Cheng, Tsung-Yi Lin, Pei-Chung Chen, How- Ran Guo Resuscitation Volume 84, Issue 11, Pages 1579-1584 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015 Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Flowchart of the study. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; NM, non-moving ambulance; MND, moving ambulance without device; MD, moving ambulance with device. Resuscitation 2013 84, 1579-1584DOI: (10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 The structures of the stabilization device. Resuscitation 2013 84, 1579-1584DOI: (10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 The comparison of effective chest compression among different groups. ANOVA for repeat measurements; Post hoc: Bonferroni test. *Significant difference between NM and MND (p<0.05). #Significant difference between NM and MD (p<0.05). ¶Significant difference between MND and MD (p<0.05). Resuscitation 2013 84, 1579-1584DOI: (10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 The comparison of effective chest compression (a) and no-flow fraction (b) between straight and curved sections during transportation. Statistical method: Paired t test. Resuscitation 2013 84, 1579-1584DOI: (10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 The comparison of sway index among different groups. Statistical method: Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Resuscitation 2013 84, 1579-1584DOI: (10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.06.015) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions