Date of Award
2019
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Advanced Athletic Training
Department
Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences
College
Human Sciences and Education
Faculty Advisor
Lyman, Katie
Description
Bystanders are the first rescuers to perform CPR for patients suffering from cardiac arrest. Compression-only CPR decreases the amount of interruption time between compressions but increases the fatigue of the rescuer. In this study, participants were certified as lay rescuers and performed two compression-only CPR protocols for eight minutes and 59 seconds. The two protocols were 30 compressions to a 10-second break and continuous compressions with as many 10-second breaks as needed. Body mass index and hand grip strength were collected before the CPR protocols. Rate of Perceived Exertion scores were taken at three, six and nine minutes during each protocol. There were increased fatigue levels during the continuous compressions protocol at all three time intervals. A relationship between hand grip strength and the proper depth was determined for the 30:10 protocol as well as a relationship between hand grip strength and the continuous compressions fatigue levels.
Recommended Citation
Reichel, Rachel, "Comparing Subjective Fatigue During Two Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Models" (2019). Health Nutrition and Exercise Science. 30.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/health-nutrition-exercise-sci/30
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31697