Rhythm Analysis during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Past, Present, and Future
Figure 7
Examples of rhythm analysis during the ventilation pauses; in both examples the top panels show the ECG in mV and the lower panel shows the thoracic impedance in . In the impedance channel chest compression artifacts (fast fluctuations) and ventilation artifacts (slow fluctuations) are visible. During the pauses for ventilation there are no chest compression artifacts in the ECG and the high temporal-resolution SAA gives an accurate diagnosis using 3 s windows. The examples have been adapted from Ruiz et al. [25].
(a) Rhythm analysis during the ventilation pauses for a patient in VF
(b) Rhythm analysis during the ventilation pauses for a patient in PEA
