Therapeutic effect of Thumper cardiopulmorary resuscitation system in the emergency treatment with sudden cardiac arrest

AIM To evaluate therapeutic effect of Thumper cardiopulmonary resuscitation system (TCPR) (an automatic mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation device) in the emergency treatment of cardiopulmorary resuscitation (CPR). METHODS To adopt a randomized controlled trial design, 247 cases with sudden cardiac arrest were randomly divided into two groups: TCPR group (use of TCPR, n=112) and traditional human/manual CPR group (HCPR, n=135). RESULTS Clinical reference (age, sex, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood presure, oxygen saturation and cause categories) of the two groups were comparable. Success rate and survival rate of the TCPR group were higher than the HCPR group (respectively, 46.4% vs. 11.1%; 16.1% vs. 4.4%, all P<0.05). CONCLUSION Therapeutic effects of TCPR used during CPR were better than results with HCPR.