The use of a backboard during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and chest compression quality

Affiliations

• ¹ Intensive Care Department, AZ Damiaan (General Hospital), Gouwelozestraat 100, Ostend, 8400, Belgium. Electronic address: rubenhouthoofdt@gmail.com.
• ² Emergency Department, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
• ³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000, Belgium; Clinical Nursing and Allied Health Research and Development Group (CNuAH-RD), Nursing and Paramedical Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Moerlandstraat 1, Sint-Niklaas, 9100, Belgium; Executive Board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses, Ghent, Belgium.
• ⁴ Emergency Department, VITAZ (General Hospital), Moerlandstraat 1, Sint-Niklaas, 9100, Belgium.
• ⁵ Emergency Department, St. Lucas General Hospital, Groenebriel 1, Ghent, 9000, Belgium; Department of Fundamental and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
• ⁶ Executive Board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10 Ghent, 9000, Belgium; Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia.