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J Emerg Med
. 2020 Nov 4;S0736-4679(20)31172-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.11.005. Online ahead of print.
The Effect of Different Personal Protective Equipment Masks on Health Care Workers' Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Suha Serin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bahadir Caglar[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment that protects health care workers from harmful agents and organisms. The importance of this equipment was noticed again with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Objectives: In this study, we investigated the effect of different masks used as PPE on resuscitation quality and rescuer fatigue.
Methods: Participants applied chest compression without a mask, with a surgical mask, a filtering face-piece respirator (FFR) mask, and a half-face mask with active P3 filter. A smart watch was worn on the left wrists of the participants during chest compression in each condition. They were requested to rate their fatigue on a visual analogue scale.
Results: Statistically higher average pulse rates were found in the FFR mask and half-face mask conditions. FFR mask and half-face mask resulted in statistically worse results than surgical mask and no-mask conditions in the number of compressions per minute, compression depth, and compression effectiveness. Further, half-face mask and FFR mask caused more fatigue in participants.
Conclusion: Protective masks other than surgical masks used as PPE increase rescuer fatigue in CPR and negatively affect the quality of chest compressions.
Keywords: masks; respiratory protective devices; resuscitation.
. 2020 Nov 4;S0736-4679(20)31172-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.11.005. Online ahead of print.
The Effect of Different Personal Protective Equipment Masks on Health Care Workers' Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Suha Serin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bahadir Caglar[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33303273
- PMCID: PMC7640886
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.11.005
Abstract
Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment that protects health care workers from harmful agents and organisms. The importance of this equipment was noticed again with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Objectives: In this study, we investigated the effect of different masks used as PPE on resuscitation quality and rescuer fatigue.
Methods: Participants applied chest compression without a mask, with a surgical mask, a filtering face-piece respirator (FFR) mask, and a half-face mask with active P3 filter. A smart watch was worn on the left wrists of the participants during chest compression in each condition. They were requested to rate their fatigue on a visual analogue scale.
Results: Statistically higher average pulse rates were found in the FFR mask and half-face mask conditions. FFR mask and half-face mask resulted in statistically worse results than surgical mask and no-mask conditions in the number of compressions per minute, compression depth, and compression effectiveness. Further, half-face mask and FFR mask caused more fatigue in participants.
Conclusion: Protective masks other than surgical masks used as PPE increase rescuer fatigue in CPR and negatively affect the quality of chest compressions.
Keywords: masks; respiratory protective devices; resuscitation.