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Pneumothorax During CPR Training: Case Report and Review of the CPR Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Francis Sullivan  and
Daniel Avstreih
Francis Sullivan*
Affiliation:
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Daniel Avstreih
Affiliation:
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
*
*Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
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Abstract

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is taught widely to both lay persons and health care oworkers. It is a challenging psychomotor skill. Concerns about its safety to the rescuer have centered around the risk of infectious disease exposure. A young nursing assistant developed a minimally symptomatic pneumothorax during CPR training. This case is the first reported example of this complication for a CPR trainee or provider. The literature is reviewed for complications for CPR provider and recipient and the relevant issues regarding the current status and future direction of this intervention.

Keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitationcomplicationseconomicsmethodspneumothoraxpsychologystandardstrainingtrends
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Case Report
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 72 - 77
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2000

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