“If you miss that first step in the chain of survival, there is no second step”–Emergency ambulance call-takers’ experiences in managing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest calls

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“If you miss that first step in the chain of survival, there is no second step”–Emergency ambulance call-takers’ experiences in managing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest calls

When a person has an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), calling the ambulance for help is the first link in the chain of survival. Ambulance call-takers guide the caller to perform life-saving interventions on the patient before the paramedics arrive at the scene, therefore, their actions, decis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Perera, Niru, Birnie, Tanya, Whiteside, Austin, Ball, Stephen, Finn, Judith
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90861

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