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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2008 May 19;78(2):186–195. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.01.027

Table 3.

CPR Performance Standards

Parameter Target Minimum Acceptable (per minute) Maximum Acceptable (per minute) Criterion for Remediation/Retraining
Chest compression 100/minute* 80 120 Above maximum or below minimum parameters in > 20% of resuscitations
CPR fraction∞ 0.85 0.5 - Below minimum parameter in >20% of resuscitations
*

refers to speed of compressions rather than actual number of compressions per minute

∞

CPR fraction will be defined as = (Total seconds with chest compressions) ÷ (Total seconds with interpretable signal and no evidence of spontaneous circulation).