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Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) strategies in COVID-19 patients differ from those in patients suffering from cardiogenic cardiac arrest. During CPR, both healthcare and non-healthcare workers who provide resuscitation are at risk of infection. The Working Group for Expert Consensus on Prevention and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest in COVID-19 has developed this Chinese Expert Consensus to guide clinical practice of CPR in COVID-19 patients. Main recommendations: 1) A medical team should be assigned to evaluate severe and critical COVID-19 for early monitoring of cardiac-arrest warning signs. 2) Psychological counseling and treatment are highly recommended, since sympathetic and vagal abnormalities induced by psychological stress from the COVID-19 pandemic can induce cardiac arrest. 3) Healthcare workers should wear personal protective equipment (PPE). 4) Mouth-to-mouth ventilation should be avoided on patients suspected of having or diagnosed with COVID-19. 5) Hands-only chest compression and mechanical chest compression are recommended. 6) Tracheal-intubation procedures should be optimized and tracheal-intubation strategies should be implemented early. 7) CPR should be provided for 20-30 min. 8) Various factors should be taken into consideration such as the interests of patients and family members, ethics, transmission risks, and laws and regulations governing infectious disease control. Changes in management: The following changes or modifications to CPR strategy in COVID-19 patients are proposed: 1) Healthcare workers should wear PPE. 2) Hands-only chest compression and mechanical chest compression can be implemented to reduce or avoid the spread of viruses by aerosols. 3) Both the benefits to patients and the risk of infection should be considered. 4) Hhealthcare workers should be fully aware of and trained in CPR strategies and procedures specifically for patients with COVID-19.
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Objective To study the effectiveness and safety of abdominal lifting and compression method in patients sufferred from cardiac arrest (CA).Methods According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,72 patients from Hainan People's Hospital and Zhengzhou People's Hospital were enrolled for study of abdominal lifting and compression (ALC) method from January 2014 to June 2015.The markers of respiratory and circulatory performance of all patients were recorded,and re-collected after CPR with ALC.In addition,the data of demographics and clinical signs of patients were collected.The rates of restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and successful resuscitation were calculated.Differential analysis of singlegroup design univariate quantitative and qualitative data was carried out.Results A total of 72 patients were included finally.The ROSC rate was 15.3％ (11/72) after using ALC equipment,and there was no statistically significant difference in rate of ROSC (P =0.566) between ALC and pre-test (13.0％).However,compared with NT group resuscitated without using ALC method or with using chest compression method,the rate of ROSC was significantly improved in the ALC group (15.3％ vs.O.1％,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Abdominal lifting and compression CPR equipment is stable,portable and safe in practice.Abdominal lifting and compression CPR method has its prominent role in saving patients from respiratory and cardiac arrest,and it is sufficient to overcome the disadvantages of conventional CPR method.