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Table 3 Performance variables for chest compressions performed without 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 (%)

73.2 (0.00-95.6)

53.4 (0.00-100)

23.5 (0.00-100)

29.6 (0.00-99.5)

Compressions within target (%)

19.6 (2.26-60.2)

33.1 (0.00-81.9)

44.5 (0.00-74.7)

32.7 (0.00-83.6)

Compressions below target (%)

0.90 (0.00-3.76)

0.00 (0.00-0.00)

0.00 (0.00-26.9)

0.00 (0.00-6.35)

Mean compression depth (cm)

5.94 SD 0.77

5.92 SD 0.77

5.87 SD 0.77

5.88 SD 0.77

Rate above target (%)

0.00 (0.00-39.9)

0.0 (0.00-33.3)

0.00 (0.00-13.1)

0.00 (0.00-9.33)

Rate within target (%)

61.0 (26.4-95.9)

58.0 (4.98-100)

48.5 (5.24-100)

47.4 (5.95-99.6)

Rate below target (%)

1.85 (1.72-36.8)

0.00 (0.00-49.8)

0.00 (0.00-67.6)

0.84 (0.00-68.4)

Mean compression rate (min-1)

108.8 SD 10.7

108.6 SD 12.1

107.6 SD 12.0

107.1 SD 12.2

  1. values are depicted as medians with interquartile range in parenthesis. Mean depth and rate as means with standard deviation (SD). *p < 0.05 compared to the first (0-29.9 s) interval