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Table 3 Comparison of procedure time and compliance rate between LifeVac® and DeCHOKER®

From: Would anti-choking devices be correctly and quickly managed by health science students? A manikin crossover trial

Variables

LifeVac®

DeCHOKER®

p-value

Time to device fitting on the victim

29.3 (25.7 – 37.5)

36.8 (26.2 – 49.2)

-

Total time

36.6 (31.9 – 44.4)

50.4 (36.7 – 66. 9)

 < 0.001

Correct compliance rate

100 (80.0 – 100.0)

100 (100.0 –100.0)

0.192

  1. Data are expressed as median (interquartile range)
  2. p-values calculated by Wilcoxon test