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Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition) Relationship between the use of the backboard and the quality of chest compressi...
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Vol. 36. Issue 3.
(July - September 2025)
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Vol. 36. Issue 3.
(July - September 2025)
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Relationship between the use of the backboard and the quality of chest compressions
Relación entre el uso de la tabla de parada cardiaca y la calidad de las compresiones torácicas
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Ana María Ezquerra-Garcíaa,
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, María de la O. Casamayor-Lerenab
a Unidad de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Servicio Riojano de Salud, Logroño (La Rioja), Spain
b Centro de Salud Alberite, Servicio Riojano de Salud, Logroño (La Rioja), Spain
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Table 1. Characteristics of the participants (n = 71).
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Table 2. Analysis of chest compressions. Comparison between the first and second measurements.
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Table 3. Analysis of chest compressions. Comparison of measurements without backboard and with backboard. Duration: 1 min in each simulation.
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Abstract

The effectiveness of the backboard in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has not been established although it is recommended to perform compressions on a firm surface.

Objectives

To determine the relationship between the use of the backboard and the depth of chest compressions (CC). To know the preference of rescuers when performing CC without or with backboard.

Methodology

Single-blind, experimental study with paired data. All staff of healthcare workers in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) performed two one-minute simulations of uninterrupted CC, one without and one with a backboard. The quality of the CC was valued: Rate, depth, complete chest release and compression, performed with and without backboard. The placement of the backboard was simply randomised at the first measurement. The subjects were unaware of the difference between the two scenarios. Participation was voluntary. Two analyses were performed with paired Student’s t-test: one analysing the order of measurement and the other in relation to the presence or absence of the backboard.

Results

Seventy-one workers (87.6%) of the staff participated. The presence of the backboard was associated with an increase in the average depth (47.99 mm vs 48.99 mm) P = .008 and the percentage of compression > 50 mm (63.65 vs 76.17) P = .002. When analysing the simulation order, an increase in the frequency of CC was observed in the second measurement (131.14 vs 135.03) P = .009. Participants had no preference between the two simulations (P = .749).

Conclusions

The backboard as a hard plane increases the mean depth and percentage of chest compression during CPR on hospital mattress without affecting complete chest release or rate. The rescuers do not perceive the presence of the backboard, and there is not preference in its execution without or with a backboard.

Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Chest compressions
Cardiac arrest
Backboard
Simulation
Resumen

La efectividad de la tabla de parada cardiaca (PC) en la reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP) no se ha establecido aunque se recomienda realizar las compresiones sobre una superficie firme.

Objetivos

Conocer la relación entre el uso de tabla de PC y profundidad de las compresiones torácicas (CT). Conocer la preferencia de los reanimadores al realizar las CT sin o con tabla de PC.

Metodología

Estudio experimental, simple ciego con datos apareados. La plantilla completa de profesionales sanitarios de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) realizó dos simulaciones de un minuto de CT ininterrumpidas, una sin y otra con tabla de PC. Se valoró la calidad de las CT: Frecuencia, profundidad, re-expansión y porcentaje de compresión. La colocación de la tabla de PC se aleatorizó de forma simple en la primera medición. Los sujetos desconocían la diferencia entre ambas escenas. La participación fue voluntaria. Se realizaron 2 análisis mediante la T de Student con datos apareados, uno dependiendo del orden de medición y otro en relación a la presencia o no de la tabla de PC.

Resultados

Participaron 71 trabajadores (87,6%) de la plantilla. La presencia de la tabla de PC se asoció a un aumento de la profundidad media (47,99 mm vs 48,99 mm) P = 0,008 y al porcentaje de profundidad > 50 mm (63,65vs76,17) P = 0,002. Al analizar el orden de simulación, se apreció un aumento en la frecuencia de las CT en la segunda medición (131,14vs135,03) P = 0,009. Los participantes no tuvieron preferencia entre las dos simulaciones (P = 0,749).

Conclusiones

La tabla de PC como plano duro aumenta la profundidad media y el porcentaje de compresión de las CT durante la RCP en colchón de hospital sin afectar a la re-expansión del tórax ni a la frecuencia. Los reanimadores no perciben la presencia de la tabla de PC no habiendo preferencia en su ejecución sin o con tabla.

Palabras clave:
Reanimación cardiopulmonar
Compresiones torácicas
Paro cardiaco
Tabla de parada cardiaca
Simulación

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