Our code committee is changing our policy to include the use of the Q-CPR device on all of our codes and I'm just wondering if anyone has used it before? I played with it a little yesterday but I'm not really sold on another device to either critic post code or another device to take the attention away from the patient (treat the patient, not the monitor). I do like some of the real time feedback you get, but having your hand an inch off the chest feels awkward.
Our code committee is changing our policy to include the use of the Q-CPR device on all of our codes and I'm just wondering if anyone has used it before? I played with it a little yesterday but I'm not really sold on another device to either critic post code or another device to take the attention away from the patient (treat the patient, not the monitor). I do like some of the real time feedback you get, but having your hand an inch off the chest feels awkward.
Thoughts?
http://www.healthcare.philips.com/us_en/products/resuscitation/products/mrx/qcpr.wpd