{"id":857,"date":"2014-03-07T01:32:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T01:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/?p=857"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:49:10","slug":"hot-press-chest-compressions-probably-safe-lvad-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/hot-press-chest-compressions-probably-safe-lvad-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot off the press: Chest Compressions are Probably Safe for LVAD patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our most recent paper,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resuscitationjournal.com\/article\/S0300-9572(14)00017-3\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chest compressions may be safe in arresting patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0has just been accepted for publication in the journal Resuscitation. \u00a0This paper is the largest known review of patients with LVAD&#8217;s who arrest. \u00a0Our best evidence suggests that it is safe to do chest compressions in LVAD patients. Chest compressions don&#8217;t appear to dislodge the VAD. Besides, the patient is going to die anyway!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the most common cause of arrest in these patients is <em>ACCIDENTAL DISCONNECTION<\/em> of both battery supplies! So if you get the call from the radio nurse with an LVAD patient that has arrested: 1. start chest compressions&#8230;it appears to be safe and 2. find a power supply or spare batteries!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the abstract:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-06-at-5.19.04-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-06-at-5.19.04-PM-740x416.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-06 at 5.19.04 PM\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-06-at-5.19.04-PM-740x416.png 740w, https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-06-at-5.19.04-PM.png 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shinar\/Bellezzo paper just published: Chest compressions may be safe in arresting patients with LVAD&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3JzC4-dP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6816,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/6816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edecmo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}