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A 62-year-old male collapses in the hospital cafeteria. The first responder, a dietary aide with biannual CPR training, begins manual compressions.

A post-op cardiac patient arrested due to pulmonary embolism. With five staff members present, the Opander was placed in 8 seconds without halting mechanical compressions (LUCAS device). Gastric suction removed 200 mL of fluid. The patient survived to ICU admission. The code team credited the device for preventing aspiration. opander cpr

Standard closed-chest CPR (CCC) generates only 10–30% of normal cardiac output. After 10 minutes of CCC, cerebral perfusion pressure falls below the threshold for viability. – direct manual compression of the heart after thoracotomy – produces near-normal cardiac output (50–100% of baseline) and higher coronary perfusion pressure. A 62-year-old male collapses in the hospital cafeteria