3.4 Complications of CPR 

• Gastric distention and regurgitation 

• Rib and sternal fracture 

• Pneumothorax 

• Lung contusion 

• Over ventilation (intra-thoracic pressure,coronary perfusion,CO ,Perfusion of vital organs)

• Hemopneumothorax 

• Lung contusion 

• Laceration of the liver and spleen