Rapid implementation of a mechanical chest compression device for in-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic

Resuscitation. 2020 Nov:156:4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.08.122. Epub 2020 Aug 29.

Authors

Anish Bhatnagar¹, Haitham Khraishah², Jennifer Lee², Douglas Hsu³, Margaret Hayes³, Bridgid Joseph⁴, Ari Moskowitz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: abhatnag@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Emergency Cardiovascular Care Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 32866550
PMCID: PMC7455518
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.08.122

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / instrumentation*
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Equipment Design
Female
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Heart Massage / instrumentation*
Humans
Male
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2