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Table 2 Performance variables for chest compressions performed with feedback

From: Effect of feedback on delaying deterioration in quality of compressions during 2 minutes of continuous chest compressions: a randomized manikin study investigating performance with and without feedback

Variable

0 to 29.9 s

30 s to 59.9 s

60 s to 89.9 s

90 s to 120 s

Compressions above target (%)

20.4(0.00-92.4)

2.04(0.00-98.0)

2.00(0.00-100)

0.00(0.00-88.98)

Compressions within target (%)

54.0(5.06-82.9)

88.0(2.00-99.0)

72.6(0.00-99.0)

87.0(2.02-100)

Compressions below target (%)

3.92(0.85-13.2)

0.00(0.00-1.00)*

0.00(0.00-2.73)*

0.00(0.00-1.04)*

Mean compression depth (cm)

5.99 SD 0.85

6.00 SD 0.82

5.85 SD 0.78

5.79 SD 0.79

Rate above target (%)

0.00 (0.00-2.91)

0.00 (0.00-0.00)

0 .00 (0.00-0.00)

0.00 (0.00-0.00)

Rate within target (%)

64.0(38.8-82.4)

66.0(56.0-84.3)

62.0 (52.0-85.3)

62.5 (51.6-81.5)

Rate below target (%)

20.0 (2.90-47.0)

30.0 (2.78-40.0)

34.0 (2.77-41.0)

28.9 (0.91-43.8)

Mean compression rate (min-1)

102.6 SD 9.6

103.2 SD 9.4

102.7 SD 9.2

103.1 SD 9.7

  1. values are depicted as medians and interquartile range in parenthesis. Mean depth and rate as means with standard deviation (SD).*p < 0.05 compared to the first interval