Study Finds that Use of an Impedance Threshold Device Combined with High Quality CPR and Adherence to AHA Guidelines Increases Neurologically-Intact Survival Rate from In-hospital Cardiac Arrest to 30 Percent

A recent study presented by Ken Thigpen, RRT (St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital; Jackson, Mississippi) at the 2013 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions found that use of the ResQPOD® Impedance Threshold Device (ITD), combined with high-quality CPR in accordance with AHA Guidelines, helped to increase neurologically-intact survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest from 17.2% in 2005 to 30.1% in 2012 – a 75% improvement (p