Table 3

Time needed for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (1 cycle over 120 seconds corresponding to each time 5 × 30 chest compressions and 5 × 2 ventilations [with no consciousness checking])


< 120 sec
120–130 sec
131–140 sec
141–150 sec
151–160 sec
> 160 sec

Whole participants
41 (41%)
13 (13%)
17 (17%)
10 (10%)
6 (6%)
13 (13%)
Participants with previous knowledge
23 (44.2%)
7 (13.5%)
11 (21.2%)
5 (9.6%)
2 (3.8%)
4 (7.7%)
Participants without previous knowledge
18 (37.5%)
6 (12.5%)
6 (12.5%)
5 (10.5%)
4 (8.3%)
9 (18.7%)
p value
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns

Wiese et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2008 8:14   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-8-14