Injuries associated with mechanical chest compressions and active decompressions after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A subgroup analysis of non-survivors from a randomized study.

In non-survivors of OHCA patients, the most frequent cause of cardiac arrest was cardiogenic. Skeletal and non-skeletal fractures/injuries were found in both control and intervention groups. Bleeding was the most common non-skeletal complication. Internal organ injuries were rare.