‘I think he’s dead’: A cohort study of the impact of caller declarations of death during the emergency call on bystander CPR.

‘I think he’s dead’: A cohort study of the impact of caller declarations of death during the emergency call on bystander CPR.

Background: In emergency calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), dispatchers are instrumental in the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) through the recruitment of the caller. We explored the impact of caller perception of patient viability on initial recognition of O...

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Main Authors: Riou, Marine, Ball, Stephen, Morgan, Alani, Gallant, Sheryl, Perera, Niru, Whiteside, Austin, Bray, Janet, Bailey, Paul, Finn, Judith
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
General & Internal Medicine
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Bystander-CPR
Telephone-CPR
Barrier
Viability
Dispatcher
Emergency call
Communication
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cohort Studies
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Retrospective Studies
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1116453
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93244

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1116453
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93244

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