Application of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation devices and their value in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective analysis of the German Resuscitation Registry.

<h4>Background</h4>Cardiac arrest is an event with a limited prognosis which has not substantially changed since the first description of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in 1960. A promising new treatment approach may be mechanical CPR devices (mechanical CPR).<h4>Methods</h...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Stephan Seewald, Manuel Obermaier, Rolf Lefering, Andreas Bohn, Michael Georgieff, Claus-Martin Muth, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Siobhán Masterson, Jens Scholz, Jan Wnent
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208113