Figure 78-1 A, Schematic representation of a cardiac compression pump. B, An intrathoracic pressure pump. C, collapse of airways and venous structures; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle. (Redrawn with modification from Halperin HR: Mechanisms of forward flow during external chest compression. In Paradis NA, Halperin HR, Nowak RM [eds]: Cardiac Arrest: The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1995, p 252.)


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