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Table 3 Comparison of children to adults on depth and rate of compressions, and volume of insufflations

From: Push hard, push fast: quasi-experimental study on the capacity of elementary schoolchildren to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation

 

Children: median (IQR)

Adults: median (IQR)

p-value*

Depth (mm)

28.0 (7.5)

43.5 (11.0)

< 0.001

Rate (per min)

113.5 (33.0)

109.0 (30.5)

0.47

Volume (ml)

548.5 (238.7)

520.0 (303.3)

0.83

Volume (ml) Worst-case scenario

348.0 (478.0)

457.5 (451.6)

0.48

  1. *Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test and a two-sided significance level of 0.05.