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The Minnesota first-responder AED project: Aiming to increase survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
There are 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases annually in the United States of America. Using automated external defibrillators (AEDs) has increased survival in cardiac arrests (CA) with an initial shockable rhythm.
Christopher Gaisendrees, Deborah Jaeger, Rajat Kalra, Marinos Kosmopoulos, Kimberly Harkins, Alexandra Marquez, Lucinda Hodgson, Loren Kollmar, Jason Bartos, Demetris Yannopoulos   +9 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Community First Responder System for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Poland. [PDF]

Clinicoecon Outcomes Res
Jerzy Jaskuła,1 Goran Medic,2 Sanjay Verma,2 Joachim Maurer,3 Tom A Kooy,4 Bianca de Greef2 1Department of Medical Education, Centre for Innovative Medical Education, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland; 2Chief Medical ...
Jaskuła J, Medic G, Verma S, Maurer J, Kooy TA, de Greef B.   +5 more
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HelpResponder—System for the Security of First Responder Interventions [PDF]

Sensors, 2021
Firefighter’s interventions under dense smoke and flames are hazardous and ideally need an efficient in-advance geo-located actuation plan. The existing communication and sensing technologies should be customized, optimized, and integrated to better know
M. Cristina Rodriguez-Sanchez, Luis Fernández-Jiménez, Antonio R. Jiménez, Joaquin Vaquero, Susana Borromeo, Jose L. Lázaro-Galilea   +5 more
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An app to keep: smartphone-based dispatch of community first responder to cardiac arrest [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Smartphone-based alerting of community first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with enhanced survival. Community first responders are volunteers, who are dispatched by the emergency dispatch centre, if they are ...
Tore Marks, Bibiana Metelmann, Peter Brinkrolf, Karl Christian Thies, Klaus Hahnenkamp, Camilla Metelmann   +5 more
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First responder systems can stay operational under pandemic conditions: results of a European survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Dispatching first responders (FR) to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in addition to the emergency medical service has shown to increase survival. The promising development of FR systems over the past years has been challenged by the outbreak of
Camilla Metelmann, Bibiana Metelmann, Michael P. Müller, Bernd W. Böttiger, Georg Trummer, Karl Christian Thies   +5 more
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Raising security of first responders with C-ITS?

Open Health, 2023
This article recommends social science research-based recommendations for improving first responder safety and occupational health by assessing cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) for use by emergency services and law enforcement.
Seböck Walter, Biron Bettina, Pospisil Bettina   +2 more
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Implementation and use of a supraglottic airway device in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by firefighter first responders – A prospective feasibility study

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Aim: We wanted to assess the implementation and use of a supraglottic airway (SGA) for on-call firefighter first responders in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Åke Erling L. Andresen, Magnus Varild Lauritzen, Jo Kramer-Johansen, Thomas Kristiansen   +3 more
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of first aid among taxi operators in a Kampala City Taxi Park, Uganda: A cross-sectional study

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Road traffic accidents are among the leading causes of death in Uganda. Taxi operators are at a high risk of RTA and can potentially be first responders.
Nelson Ssewante, Godfrey Wekha, Moureen Namusoke, Bereta Sanyu, Ayub Nkwanga, Racheal Nalunkuma, Ronald Olum, Lawrence Katumba Ssentongo, Rachel Ahabwe, Sharon Esther Kalembe, Vanessa Nalwoga Nantagya, Joseph Kalanzi   +11 more
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Brief mindfulness training for Canadian public safety personnel well-being

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2022
The body of research demonstrating the psychological and physiological benefits of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) is robust and spans decades, yet its adaptation for a population at significantly higher-than-average risk of negative health ...
Renae M Stevenson
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COVID-19 Booster Uptake among First Responders and Their Household Members May Be Lower than Anticipated

Vaccines, 2022
(1) Background: COVID-19 vaccination status varies widely among law enforcement and emergency medical services professionals. Though at high risk of exposure, these first responders have demonstrated significant vaccine hesitancy, with only 70 ...
Jennifer A. Frey, Daniel J. Bachmann, Mirela Anghelina, Valerie Sircelj, Osama Saadoon, Patrick Stevens, Maciej Pietrzak, Soledad Fernández, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Ashish R. Panchal   +9 more
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