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Assisted Ventilation Does Not Improve Outcome in a Porcine Model of Single-Rescuer Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Robert A. Berg, MD; Karl B. Kern, MD; Ronald W. Hilwig, DVM, PhD; Marc D. Berg, MD; Arthur B. Sanders, MD; Charles W. Otto, MD; Gordon A. Ewy, MD

From the Department of Pediatrics (R.A.B., M.D.B.), Steele Memorial Children's Research Center; University of Arizona Heart Center (R.A.B., K.B.K., R.W.H., A.B.S., C.W.O., G.A.E.), Departments of Medicine (K.B.K., C.W.O., G.A.E.), Anesthesiology (C.W.O.), and Surgery (Emergency Medicine) (A.B.S.), University of Arizona College of Medicine; and Department of Veterinary Medicine (R.W.H.), College of Agriculture, Tucson, Ariz.

Correspondence to Robert A. Berg, MD, Pediatrics/3302, 1501 N Campbell Ave/PO Box 245073, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073. E-mail rberg{at}aruba.ccit.arizona.edu.

Background Mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing is a barrier to the performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We evaluated the need for assisted ventilation during simulated single-rescuer bystander CPR in a swine model of prehospital cardiac arrest.

Methods and Results Five minutes after ventricular fibrillation, swine were randomly assigned to 8 minutes of hand-bag-valve ventilation with 17% oxygen and 4% carbon dioxide plus chest compressions (CC+V), chest compressions only (CC), or no CPR (control group). Standard advanced life support was then provided. Animals successfully resuscitated received 1 hour of intensive care support and were observed for 24 hours. All 10 CC animals, 9 of the 10 CC+V animals, and 4 of the 6 control animals attained return of spontaneous circulation. Five of the 10 CC animals, 6 of the 10 CC+V animals, and none of the 6 control animals survived for 24 hours (CC versus controls, P=.058; CC+V versus controls, P<.03). All 24-hour survivors were normal or nearly normal neurologically.

Conclusions In this model of prehospital single-rescuer bystander CPR, successful initial resuscitation, 24-hour survival, and neurological outcome were similar after chest compressions only or chest compressions plus assisted ventilation. Both techniques tended to improve outcome compared with no bystander CPR.


Key Words: cardiopulmonary resuscitation • fibrillation • heart arrest • ventilation • survival




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