The risk of a severe medical event during long-duration spaceflight is significant and can endanger both the whole mission and crew. There is a certain risk for a cardiac arrest in space requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). So far, 5 known techniques to perform CPR in microgravity have been reported. The aim of the present study was to describe and gather data for two new CPR techniques useful in microgravity.
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total number of chest compressions
Timeframe: 60 seconds video clip with afterwards evaluation
number of correct chest compressions
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compression rate
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correct compression rate
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depth rate
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