An elevation device used in the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and after resuscitation includes a base and an upper support operably coupled to the base. The upper support is configured to incline at an angle relative to the base to elevate an individual's upper back, shoulders and head. The elevation device includes a support arm coupled with the upper support. The support arm is movable to various positions relative to the upper support and is lockable at a fixed angle relative to the upper support such that the upper support and the support arm are movable as a single unit relative to the base while the support arm maintains the angle relative to the upper support. The elevation device also includes a chest compression device coupled with the support arm. The chest compression device is configured to compress the chest.

An elevation device used in the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and after resuscitation includes a base and an upper support operably coupled to the base. The upper support is configured to elevate an individual's upper back, shoulders and head. The elevation device also includes a chest compression device coupled with the base. The chest compression device is configured to compress the chest and to actively decompress the chest.

A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes elevating the head, heart and shoulders of an individual from a starting elevation angle to a final elevation angle greater than zero degrees relative to horizontal while performing CPR by repeatedly compressing the chest. The method includes elevating the brain within a time period selected to be slow enough to permit a sufficient amount of blood to flow to the brain throughout the elevation time period. The method also includes regulating the intrathoracic pressure of the individual while performing CPR. The performance of chest compressions is stopped and after stopping the performance of chest compressions, the head, heart, and shoulders are promptly from the final elevation angle within a timeframe selected to prevent significant drainage of blood from the brain until the head, heart and shoulders are lowered.

A method for ventilating a patient during CPR including repeatedly compressing the patient's chest and delivering a positive pressure ventilation to the patient primarily during a decompression phase of the repeated compressions of the patient's chest.

A multifunctional cardiopulmonary resuscitation machinery equipment may include a first-aid kit body, and a pressing device, a ventilation device, a monitoring device, a defibrillation device and a control device which are installed on the first-aid kit body; the upper end surface of the first-aid kit body is concavely provided with a curved pillow opening; a belt is counter-pulled between the edges of both sides of the inner side surface of the protecting pad; the pressing device and the defibrillation device are integrated and sleeved on the belt; the ventilation device comprises an oxygen generation pump, an oxygen mask and a gas transmission pipe which are integrated inside the first-aid kit body, and an output port of the oxygen generation pump penetrates through the first-aid kit body and is connected with the oxygen mask.

An embodiment of the support structure includes a back plate, a central part adapted to recite an automatic compression/decompression unit, and a front includes two legs coupled between the central part and the back plate. The support structure is arranged to automatically compress or decompress a patient's chest when the front part is attached to the back plate and when the compression/decompression unit is received in the central part.

The present invention relates generally to a support structure for fixating a patient to a treatment unit, and especially to a support structure for fixating the patient to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit. An embodiment of the support structure includes a back plate for positioning behind said patient's back posterior to said patient's heart and a front part for positioning around said patient's chest anterior to said patient's heart. Further, the front part can include two legs, each leg having a first end pivotably connected to at least one hinge and a second end removably attachable to said back plate. Said front part can further be devised for including a compression/decompression unit arranged to automatically compress or decompress said patient's chest when said front part is attached to said back plate.

Disclosed systems and methods determine chest compression parameter(s) for a patient receiving chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The systems and methods determine the chest compression parameter(s), such as chest compression depth, using a reference sensor and multiple positions sensors.

A CPR device having a base member configured to be placed underneath a patient, a chest compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to a patient, a support leg configured to support the chest compression mechanism at a distance from the base member, a clamp mechanism coupled to the support leg, and a release mechanism coupled to the support leg and the clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism may be configured to attach the support leg to a lock component of the base member in a latch-closed configuration and to release the support leg from the lock component in a latch-open configuration. The clamp mechanism may further be configured to transition from the latch-closed configuration to the latch-open configuration when the lock component of the base member impinges upon an external portion of the clamp mechanism.

A patient support apparatus for releasably securing a chest compression system for providing automatic chest compressions. A patient support surface of the patient support apparatus is sized to support a back plate of the chest compression system and at least a majority of the patient. A harness assembly includes at least one retention strap coupled to each of opposing lengthwise sides of the frame, and a coupler near an end of each of the retention straps. The couplers releasably engage complementary couplers of the chest compression system when the back plate is positioned on the patient support surface. A tension adjustment mechanism is coupled to the retention straps to selectively adjust tension of one or more of the retention straps to secure the chest compression system to the patient support apparatus when the couplers are coupled to the complementary couplers of the chest compression system.