Abstract
Purpose & introduction: The Guidelines 2015 reiterate the importance of limiting hands-off periods to a maximum of 5–10 sec. 1 Soar J. et al. Resuscitation. 2015; 95: 100-147 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (982) Google Scholar Periodic underlying rhythm checks remain important, as so called see thru™CPR has not been implemented everywhere. 2 Ruiz de Gauna S. et al. Biomed Res Int. 2014; 2014: 386010 Crossref PubMed Scopus (45) Google Scholar Based on the paucity of literature, 3 Kessler D.O. et al. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017; 18: e311-e317 Crossref PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar , 4 Cheskes S. et al. Circulation. 2011; 124: 58-66 Crossref PubMed Scopus (285) Google Scholar we investigated the effect of the underlying rhythm on the duration of the rhythm analysis pause. Our hypothesis was that potentially perfusing rhythms cause longer delays than other rhythms, potentially due to palpation time.
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