Cardiac arrest animal model: a simple device for small animals’ chest compression

摘要

Based on the poor outcome of Cardiac Arrest (CA), many animal models have been proposed to better understand the pathophysiology of this event. Animal models have also been used to understand the effects of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in patients with CA. However, development of CA models is difficult, especially when dealing with small animals. Small animals are more economic compared to large animal, but they have far more complex instrumentation, poor survival, monitoring difficulties and some specific purposes devices are not available.