LifeBelt®-CPR, An Easy-to-Use, Inexpensive Tool for Performing CPR

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the largest single killer of Americans accounting for more than 350,000 lives annually. Due to the unexpected onset of the arrest, the majority of its victims will die before reaching a hospital. Nationally, the survival rate for pre-hospital SCA is less than 5%. Large metropolitan cities such as Chicago and New York have reported dismal survival rates of only 0.8% and 1.4% respectively. In 2005 the California Department of EMS reported a 2% survival rate for 1/3 of the counties that reported.

In 2005, the American Heart Association Guidelines for the treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest shifted its emphasis from immediate defibrillation to 200 compressions PRIOR to shock in prolonged arrests. Unfortunately, most people are only able to provide adequate compressions as the physical demands of exerting a 125lbs of force at a rate of 100 beats a minute reduces the rescuers effectiveness to 25% after the first minute.

Currently, Deca-Medics, Inc. (DMI) is developing a series of patented CPR product called LifeBelt® to address the fatigue factor. The LifeBelt® CPR device is designed as stand alone product for administering high-quality CPR and generating circulation and as tool to be used to improve the effectiveness of AED’s.