New CPR Promises Better Results By Compressing Abdomen, Not Chest

A biomedical engineer has developed a better technique to improve the current CPR procedure. The traditional CPR success rate is very low and goes almost nil within 10 minutes. Unlike the regular CPR that works by pushing the chest, the new CPR “OAC-CPR” operates by pushing on the abdomen. In standard CPR, the rescuer pushes on the chest and blows into the patient’s mouth. This leads to few problems; many doctors and nurses refuse to perform CPR due to its risks of transferring infection and if you push too hard or not that hard, the patient’s chances of survival decrease drastically. The new method does not has to face problems on how much force should be applied while pushing the abdomen and completely eliminates the risks of transferring infection by mouth-to-mouth breathing. Another amazing advantage of OAC-CPR is that it requires only one rescuer; whereas, traditional CPR requires two rescuers. The new technique increases blood flow by 25% to the heart than the current method. Usually, blood flow by using regular CPR can bring de-oxygenated blood back to the heart (backward flow). But the OAC-CPR completely eliminates backward flow and rib fracture. I find this article very interesting because it is fascinating to observe the concept that biomedical engineers can improve healthcare tremendously. If interested, I have posted the link below I hope this article inspires.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070905155141.htm