Gasping in Response to Basic Resuscitation Efforts: Observation in a Swine Model of Cardiac Arrest

Figure 4

This figure presents the number of gasps per minute (mean ± standard error) plotted against the duration of basic resuscitation efforts in animals with good with good 24 hour neurological outcome neurological outcome. Only those animals with 5 or 6 minutes of untreated VF (Long Untreated VF) prior to the onset of basic resuscitation are shown. Circles indicate those treated with continuous chest compression (CCC) basic resuscitation; squares indicate those treated with 30: 2 basic resuscitation prior to advanced cardiac life support. Standard error is indicated by the vertical lines.