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Friday, June 20, 2008

CPR pad Assures Correct Compressions

Filed under: Anesthesiology , Critical Care , Emergency Medicine , Medicine


Ryan Helps, a designer out of Leicester, UK, has created a model of a CPR assist device that addresses the common problems that people have when performing chest compressions. The CPR pad would help with locating where to position the hands on the chest, timing of when to press, and would measure and provide feedback on the proper compression pressure applied.

More in Ryan Helps's portfolio...

(hat tip: Yanko Design)

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They need to combine this device with an AED. That way chest compressions and defib can be accomplished with minimal time delay.


Posted by: Ben
on June 23, 2008 01:25 PM GMT

This technology already exists in a product called PocketCPR (www.pocketcpr.com)! Cleared by the FDA and being marketed in Europe by ZOLL Medical Corporation and its distributors.


Posted by: Mark Totman
on July 15, 2008 05:11 AM GMT

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