Adequacy of compression positioning using the feedback device during chest compressions by medical staff in a simulation study

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the two order protocols

Characteristics	Order rt	Order lt	p-value
Participants, n	22	22
Ages (years), mean ± SD	31 ± 7	33 ± 7	0.5064
Sex, n			0.5394
Male	14	16
Female	8	6
Profession, n			1
Doctor	5	5
Nurse	10	10
Ambulance crew	7	7
Work experience (years), mean ± SD	7.5 ± 5.3	8.2 ± 6.1	0.5332
Dominant hand, n			1
Right	21	20
Left	1	2
CPR training within 2 years, n			0.2027
Yes	17	12
No	5	10
CPR experience within 2 years, n			0.4121
Yes	20	17
No	2	5
CPR-Assist experience, n			0.6069
Yes	3	1
No	19	21

Order rt.: CPR-Assist™ was placed from the right side at first and CCs were performed for 1 min, followed by at least a 1-min interval before placing the CPR-Assist™ from the left side to perform CCs for another 1 min. Order lt: CPR-Assist™ was placed from the left side at first and CCs were performed for 1 min, with an interval of at least 1 min, before placing the CPR-Assist™ from the right side to perform CCs for another 1 min
CC chest compression, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, SD standard deviation

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