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A survey of attitudes and factors associated with successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge transfer in an older population most likely to witness cardiac arrest: design and methodology

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2008
Background Overall survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rarely exceed 5%. While bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can increase survival for cardiac arrest victims by up to four times, bystander CPR rates remain low in Canada (15%)
Brehaut Jamie C, Grimshaw Jeremy, Vaillancourt Christian, Osmond Martin, Charette Manya L, Wells George A, Stiell Ian G   +6 more
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Identifying and overcoming barriers to automated external defibrillator use by GoodSAM volunteer first responders in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel: a qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives GoodSAM is a mobile phone app that integrates with UK ambulance services. During a 999 call, if a call handler diagnoses cardiac arrest, nearby volunteer first responders registered with the app are alerted.
Frances Griffiths, Gavin D Perkins, Ivo Vlaev, Rachael T Fothergill, Christopher M Smith   +4 more
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Gender-specific differences in return-to-spontaneous circulation and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Results of sixteen-year-state-wide initiatives

Resuscitation Plus, 2020
Aim: Several studies reported a lower proportion of laypeople cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in female victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Angelo Auricchio, Maria Luce Caputo, Enrico Baldi, Catherine Klersy, Claudio Benvenuti, Roberto Cianella, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Tiziano Moccetti   +7 more
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Pediatric Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Role of the Telecommunicator in Recognition of Cardiac Arrest and Delivery of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Telecommunicator CPR (T‐CPR), whereby emergency dispatch facilitates cardiac arrest recognition and coaches CPR over the telephone, is an important strategy to increase early recognition and bystander CPR in adult out‐of‐hospital cardiac ...
Miranda M. Lewis, Killian Pache, Sally Guan, Jenny Shin, Megin Parayil, Catherine R. Counts, Chris Drucker, Michael R. Sayre, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Mickey Eisenberg, Thomas D. Rea   +10 more
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The Effect of Telephone Advice on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the Rate of Bystander CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest in a Typical Urban Area [PDF]

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Introduction The frequency of telephone advice for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) and its effect are unclear. We have few data concerning how many persons who are willing to perform CPR under the setting of the T-CPR system. Most of these data were from action reports in the pre-hospital EMS records.
Y Moriwaki, Y Tahara, T Kosuge, N Suzuki
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Explaining the experience of telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Kermanshah emergency medical dispatch: A qualitative, phenomenological study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (T-CPR), administered by Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) to bystanders at the scene of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), faces significant challenges.
Fatemeh Zaheri, Alireza Abdi, Mahmoud Rahmati   +2 more
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An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: design and methodology

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2008
Background Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of mortality in Canada, and the overall survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rarely exceeds 5%.
Stiell Ian G, Charette Manya L, Vaillancourt Christian, Wells George A   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

USING THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE DEAF IN POLAND [PDF]

Modern Management Review, 2018
Implemented in Poland since 2011, the emergency notification system is primarily based on direct, telephone, verbal contact between the person making the application and the operator of the emergency number in the Emergency Response Centre (CPR), a ...
Stanislaw J. Rysz
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Feasibility of real-time compression frequency and compression depth assessment in CPR using a “machine-learning” artificial intelligence tool

Resuscitation Plus
Background: Video assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (V-CPR) has demonstrated to be efficient in improving CPR quality and patient outcomes, as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) dispatchers can use the video stream of a caller for diagnostic purposes ...
Hannes Ecker, Niels-Benjamin Adams, Michael Schmitz, Wolfgang A. Wetsch   +3 more
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Epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Kanjiža municipality: EuReCa Serbia [PDF]

ABC: časopis urgentne medicine, 2018
Objective: To analyze epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) managed by emergency medical service (EMS) in the territory of Kanjiža municipality.
Babinski Deže D., Pajor Margit J.
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