Unmet Need
According to the Pearlman School of Medicine, pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) occurs frequently and has a high mortality rate. Each year more than 15,000 children receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest during hospitalization in the United States (Topjian, et al., 2021). As many as 80% to 90% survive the event, but most patients do not survive to hospital discharge. Low survival rates are due in part to the poor administration of CPR techniques and deviation from resuscitation guidelines. Proper CPR in children is difficult because the depth and hand placement of chest compressions vary by age. There is a great need for a guidance platform to assist in administration of high quality chest compressions that can improve survival outcomes for pediatric CPR.
Technology Overview
Johns Hopkins researchers have conceptualized an augmented reality (AR) system for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). AR is a modality that can visually display real-time feedback to a user on their chest compression technique. The system includes sends wireless feedback on chest compression rate, depth, and recoil during CPR administration. Chest compression feedback, tailored to a patient’s age, will be displayed on an AR headset worn by a user performing CPR. The user can then take the visual feedback seen on the AR headset and adjust their quality of chest compressions (rate, depth) in real time. This AR system may improve CPR quality and thereby pediatric survival of cardiac arrest. While this technology will be developed with a pediatric patient in mind, it translates to patients of all ages.
Stage of Development
Conceptual stage.
Publications
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