Patent ID: 7806118

Claim:
A cardiopulmonary resuscitation device for use during cardiopulmonary resuscitation including lung ventilation of a patient's lungs and chest compressions on a patient's sternum area; said cardiopulmonary resuscitation device comprising: (a) ventilation means including a face mask for placement over the patient's mouth and a bag for contacting the patient's sternum area and for forcing air through said face mask into the patient's lungs when said bag is pushed against the patient's sternum area during lung ventilation; and (b) indicator means contacting said bag for placement over the patient's sternum area and for providing an indication of the amount of force being applied to the patient's sternum area through said bag during chest compressions on the patient's sternum area, said indicator means including a body member contacting said bag for placement over the patient's sternum area during chest compressions so that force applied to said body member will be transferred to the patient's sternum area, said body member containing a quantity of liquid, and said indicator means including a tube member extending from said body member so that when force is applied to said body member during chest compressions, some of said liquid will be forced from said body member up said tube member a distance proportional to the amount of force applied to said body member.