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. 2012 Apr 14;20:31. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-31

Table 3.

Chest compression data

Item Mean Frequency of chest compressions per minute Mean compression depth in cm % of students attaining a depth of 5 cm at ≥ 50% of compressions Mean time until the start of chest compression in seconds
POST-Training at 4 months POST-training at 4 months POST-training at 4 months POST-training at 4 months

Total 99.3 ± 23 102.4 ± 21.8 4.8 ± 0.5 4.9 ± 0.6 54,3 47,3 34.5 ± 16.8 41.8 ± 23.1

Boys 100.1 ± 23.5 105.3 ± 19.7 5 ± 0.6 5.2 ± 0.6 57,4 50,9 35.4 ± 17.9 42.2 ± 21.1

Girls 97.9 ± 21.4 100.5 ± 23.3 4.6 ± 0.5 4.7 ± 0.6 50,3 41,8 33.1 ± 15.8 42.0 ± 25.2

Data was calculated from the recordings of the Skillmaster Manikin