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Abdominal Pumping
Author(s) -
Hillman Harold
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02532.x
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilicus (mollusc) , resuscitation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiac massage , abdomen , cardiac resuscitation , hypothermia , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery
ABSTRACT This article reviews the author's experience with a form of interposed abdominal compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC‐CPR) in the United Kingdom. The development of the technique based upon animal resuscitation, including the use of phasic compression (abdominal pumping) for the resuscitation of rats from 30 minutes of cardiac arrest due to hypothermia, is reviewed. A simple technique for clinical use is described. The technique uses a hard‐covered book or bean‐shaped board applied to the abdomen below the umbilicus and compressed alternately with cardiac massage while respiration is assisted. Anecdotal clinical results suggest that further controlled clinical investigation is warranted.