Appliance for cardiopulmonary massage and/or resuscitation

An appliance for cardiopulmonary massage and/or resuscitation, comprising a massage device which can be driven reversibly in an actuation direction by a drive appliance and which comprises a pressure area which can be positioned on the ribcage of a patient at a target contact region, further comprising a position sensor device configured to detect changes in the position of the massage device and/or the pressure area thereof relative to the target contact region on the patient's ribcage in a plane normal to the actuation direction of the massage device, wherein the position sensor device operates according to an inductive, capacitive, and/or magnetic measurement method, and wherein the position sensor device comprises a radio link configured to provide radio communication of position data, detected by the position sensor or the evaluation device, to a monitoring unit.