Innovative new CCSV device comes to the market
Medical technology manufacturer WEINMANN Emergency has unveiled its innovative Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation (CCSV) ventilation mode, which is now available on the market for widespread use.
Medical technology manufacturer WEINMANN Emergency has unveiled its innovative Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation (CCSV) ventilation mode, which is now available on the market for widespread use.
The CCSV ventilation mode – designed specifically for resuscitation – applies a pressure-controlled mechanical breath synchronously with each chest compression, which causes the thoracic pressure to additionally increase during the compression phase. The result of this is that no gas volume can escape, whereas without the CCSV ventilation mode, chest compression would compress the heart and pulmonary vessels in the lung, resulting in gas volume escaping from the lung below. In the subsequent decompression phase, the device switched to exhalation to avoid hindering venous return to the heart.
Studies have shown that resuscitation with CCSV leads to an increase in arterial blood pressure and an improvement in oxygenation and decarboxylation in comparison to conventional ventilation under resuscitation (IPPV).
WEINMANN Emergency’s CCSV ventilation mode can be easily integrated into the resuscitation process – it is compatible with automatic chest compression devices, including the ventilation device MEDUMAT Standard from WEINMENN Emergency.
Dr Manfred Beham, Senior Emergency Physician in Oberwart, Austria, commented: “CCSV revolutionises resuscitation ventilation. A simple yet brilliant idea.”