A Comparison of the Quality of Chest Compression between right and left Palm Compression for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation By a rescuer Lee Young-Chul1, Park Sang-Sub2 1Dept. Graduate School of Disaster Science, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea 2Dept. Emergency Medical Technology, Chungcheong University, 38 Wolgok-Gil Gangnae-Myeon, Heungdeok-Gu, Cheongju-Si, Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea Online published on 14 May, 2018. Abstract This study aimed to analyze the differences in the quality of chest compression between right and left palm compression using a manikin. This study was conducted in those who understood its purpose and consented to participate in it. The participants were divided into the left palm chest compression group (LPCG; N=42) and the right palm chest compression group (RPCG; N=40). The measurement was performed from May 15 to June 2, 2017. The analysis was performed using an SPSS for Windows program 12.0 Version. Both LPCG and RPCG showed good compression velocity (times/min) (p<.05). The number of times for chest compression was larger in LPCG (127.40) than in RPCG (98.22) (p<.01). Chest compression accuracy (%) was at a higher level in LPCG (81.57%) than in RPCG (65.92%) (p<.05). LPCG showed higher quality of chest compression than RPCG. However, it seemed that the quality was affected by attention and the shape of hands in measuring chest compression. It is necessary to apply left palm chest compression on the basis of the shape of hands, as suggested in the guidelines. Top Keywords Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, left, right, palm, chest compression. Top |