Abstract:
During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, increased cardiopulmonary circulation is achieved by applying a combined therapy device (10) including a compression member (12) adhesively connected to the patient's chest, which may be subjected to pressure for transferring the pressure to the chest wall, thus to the heart, arms (14, 16) extending outward from the member, and containing end elements (18, 20) for stimulating chest, abdominal or cardiac muscles.