The quality of chest compressions performedby the staff employed in selected units cooperatingwith the state emergency medical services system

Abstract

The purpose of our research was to compare the quality of chest compressions performedby firefighters, lifeguards, and police officers and to identify any weak pointsthey may have so as to prevent them in the future. Participants of the research wereasked to compress the chest of a training phantom for four minutes, and the resultswere measured separately after the first two and consecutive two minutes. Basedon the results, lifeguards have the biggest problem with maintaining the correct depthof compressions, firefighters with upholding the adequate rate, and police officers strainafter two minutes, which influences the quality of chest compressions. The conclusionof the research is that all these groups should receive more obligatory practical training,so that people, who may sooner or later be confronted with a situation in which theyhave to sustain blood circulation between vital organs, can do it as flawlessly as possible.