RT Journal Article
ID 5cef65191244b73d
A1 Walsh, Alex 
A1 Douglass, Kathryn 
A1 La Belle, Jeffrey
T1 BODDEE BUDDEE: Evaluation of Different Foams and Thermoplastics to Develop a Biofidelic Manikin for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
JF Critical Reviews™ in Biomedical Engineering
JO CRB
YR 2019
FD 2019-04-16
VO 47
IS 2
SP 101
OP 108
K1 CPR
K1 manikin
K1 CPR manikin
K1 BLS
K1 BLS training
AB Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency course of action developed to sustain oxygenated blood flow in persons suffering from cardiac arrest by manually compressing the heart in the chest and providing rescue
ventilations. The best-selling CPR manikins, an integral part of training, are costly investments that lack biofidelic characteristics in appearance, feel, and response; as a result, the rescuer's learning experience suffers. The objective of the present study was to test the compressibility properties of different foams and thermoplastics in order to determine which material would most accurately imitate a human chest response. The results suggested that styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS) was the best choice, because its increasing stiffness under increasing compression was characteristic of a human chest cavity. Further testing must be done to determine the best composition of SEBS, analyze its response under cyclic compressions, and improve its durability.

PB Begell House
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