Subhanu Roy Chowdhury
Vidyasagar University, India
Title: Physical and physiological predictors in that influence quality of chest compression in cardiac arrest patients
Biography
Biography: Subhanu Roy Chowdhury
Abstract
Different regulatory guidelines have endorsed on the achievement of optimum quality of chest compression (CC) in cardiac arrest patients. The optimum quality of CC is acknowledged as 50mm and 100/minute respectively. However, different studies have reflected that professional nurses fail to achieve the optimum quality of CC in cardiac arrest patients. Such limitations impose poor prognosis across concerned stakeholders. Earlier studies have highlighted that a lack of awareness and inappropriate compression techniques were the major causes that led to non-compliance with the guidelines for optimum CC. However, it was speculated that physical and physiological limitations across professional nurses may contribute towards such non-compliance. Hence, the present study explored the physical and physiological parameters in professional nurses and allied healthcare professionals that limit the quality of CC in cardiac arrest patients. The study was conducted as a prospective and randomized fashion involving 23 cardiac care unit (CCN) and 12 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses. The physical and physiological parameters that were estimated include handgrip strength, reaction time, aerobic power/anerobic power ratio, body mass index, and body fat percentage. Logistic regression analysis was conducted with handgrip strength on different physical and physiological parameters. The regression analysis reflected that grip strength was negatively and significantly correlated with reaction time (p<0.05), BMI (p<0.001), body fat % (p <0.001) and aerobic/anerobic power ratio. It was concluded that greater anerobic power and higher lean body mass in professional nurses significantly influences the quality of CC in cardiac arrest patients.