Backboard use during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and chest compression quality

Zara Cuvelier¹, Ruben Houthoofdt², Brecht Serraes^{3

4

5}, Carl Haentjens⁶, Nicolas Mpotos^{7

8}, Stijn Blot^{5

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent.
² Intensive Care Department, AZ Damiaan (General Hospital), Ostend.
³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent.
⁴ Nursing and Paramedical Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Sint-Niklaas.
⁵ Executive Board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses, Ghent.
⁶ Emergency Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Sint-Niklaas.
⁷ Emergency Department, St. Lucas General Hospital, Ghent.
⁸ Department of Fundamental and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
¹⁰ Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Comment

Zara Cuvelier et al. Eur J Emerg Med. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 1;29(5):386-387.

doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000916. Epub 2022 Feb 21.

Zara Cuvelier¹, Ruben Houthoofdt², Brecht Serraes^{3

4

5}, Carl Haentjens⁶, Nicolas Mpotos^{7

8}, Stijn Blot^{5

9

10}

¹ Emergency Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent.
² Intensive Care Department, AZ Damiaan (General Hospital), Ostend.
³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent.
⁴ Nursing and Paramedical Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Sint-Niklaas.
⁵ Executive Board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses, Ghent.
⁶ Emergency Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Sint-Niklaas.
⁷ Emergency Department, St. Lucas General Hospital, Ghent.
⁸ Department of Fundamental and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
¹⁰ Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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Backboard use during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and chest compression quality.
Paganini M, Mormando G, Carfagna F, Ingrassia PL. Paganini M, et al. Eur J Emerg Med. 2022 Oct 1;29(5):387. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000977. Epub 2022 Aug 30. Eur J Emerg Med. 2022. PMID: 36062437 No abstract available.

Use of backboards in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Paganini M, Mormando G, Carfagna F, Ingrassia PL. Paganini M, et al. Eur J Emerg Med. 2021 Jun 1;28(3):180-188. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000784. Eur J Emerg Med. 2021. PMID: 33417354

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