Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ALS | Advanced life support |
BLS | Basic life support |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
EMS | Emergency medical services |
ERC | European Resuscitation Council |
ETT | Endotracheal tube |
FEEL | Focused echocardiography in emergency life support |
PEA | Pulseless electrical activity |
POCUS | Point-of-care ultrasound |
PUPRAS | Point-of-care ultrasound pulse checks during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on patient simulator |
ROSC | Return of spontaneous circulation |
SD | Standard deviation |
SGA | Supraglottic airway |
SOP | Standard operating procedure |
TOST | Two one-sided test |
Appendix A
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Time Interval | |
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Time to first chest compression | 17 (±8) s |
Time to first rhythm analysis | 1.7 (±0.8) min |
Time to intravenous access | 2.9 (±1.0) min |
Time to first administration of vasopressors | 3.7 (±1.3) min |
Time to airway management | 4.1 (±1.8) min |
[ETT = 4.1 (±1.6) min; SGA = 4.0 (±2.1) min] | |
Time to first POCUS pulse check | 7.1 (±1.7) min |
Time to detection of ROSC | 8.9 (±1.8) min |
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Betz, S.; Bergmann, H.; Rettich, F.; Kreutz, J.; Ploeger, B.; Jaenig, C.W.; Grosch, S.; Meggiolaro, K.M.; Jerrentrup, A.; Schmidbauer, W.; et al. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS). Diagnostics 2025, 15, 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070858
Betz S, Bergmann H, Rettich F, Kreutz J, Ploeger B, Jaenig CW, Grosch S, Meggiolaro KM, Jerrentrup A, Schmidbauer W, et al. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS). Diagnostics. 2025; 15(7):858. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070858
Chicago/Turabian StyleBetz, Susanne, Harald Bergmann, Franz Rettich, Julian Kreutz, Birgit Ploeger, Christoph W. Jaenig, Stephan Grosch, Karl M. Meggiolaro, Andreas Jerrentrup, Willi Schmidbauer, and et al. 2025. "Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS)" Diagnostics 15, no. 7: 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070858
APA StyleBetz, S., Bergmann, H., Rettich, F., Kreutz, J., Ploeger, B., Jaenig, C. W., Grosch, S., Meggiolaro, K. M., Jerrentrup, A., Schmidbauer, W., Schieffer, B., & Gruebl, T. (2025). Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS). Diagnostics, 15(7), 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070858