Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

Interposed abdominal compression CPR is an alternative technique to traditional CPR that can improve perfusion and lead to restoration of circulation in patients with chest wall deformity either acquired through vigorous CPR or co-morbidity such as COPD.  We report a case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest where IAC-CPR allowed for restoration of spontaneous circulation and eventual full neurologic recovery when traditional CPR was failing to generate adequate pulses with chest compression alone.