Resuscitation
Volume 80, Issue 5 , Pages 546-552 , May 2009

The impact of compliant surfaces on in-hospital chest compressions: Effects of common mattresses and a backboard

  • Gerrit J. Noordergraaf

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Resuscitation, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, Netherlands
    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 10, Nijmegen, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Resuscitation, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, Netherlands. Tel.: +31 13 539 8017; fax: +31 13 504 4926.
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  • Igor W.F. Paulussen

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Resuscitation, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, Netherlands
    • Philips Research, Dept. of Biomedical Sensor Systems, High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
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  • Alyssa Venema

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Emergency Medicine, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, Netherlands
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  • Paul F.J. van Berkom

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, Netherlands
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  • Pierre H. Woerlee

      Affiliations

    • Philips Research, Dept. of Biomedical Sensor Systems, High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
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  • Gert J. Scheffer

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 10, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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  • Abraham Noordergraaf

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 12 November 2008 ,Revised 12 February 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.03.023.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00143-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.03.023

Resuscitation
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