Summary

Effective manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be difficult to perform. The LUCAS system is a piston-driven device with a suction cup designed to deliver compressions according to resuscitation guidelines at a depth of 4 to 5 cm. In contrast to manual CPR (M-CPR), defibrillation can be delivered during LUCAS CPR, to minimize interruptions to compressions. A Comparison of Conventional Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Against a Concept With Mechanical Chest Compressions and Simultaneous Defibrillation study [LINC; NCT00609778] sought to examine the efficacy and safety of the LUCAS device in contrast with M-CPR.