“I'm sorry, my English not very good”: Tracking differences between Language-Barrier and Non-Language-Barrier emergency ambulance calls for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

“I'm sorry, my English not very good”: Tracking differences between Language-Barrier and Non-Language-Barrier emergency ambulance calls for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Background: One-fifth of Australia's population do not speak English at home. International studies have found emergency calls with language barriers (LB) result in longer delays to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) recognition, and lower rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CP...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Perera, Niru, Birnie, T., Ngo, H., Ball, Stephen, Whiteside, A., Bray, Janet, Bailey, P., Finn, Judith
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Ambulance dispatch
Emergency Medical Dispatch
Emergency calls
Emergency medical service
Health communication
Language barrier
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Ambulances
Australia
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Communication Barriers
Emergency Medical Services
Humans
Language
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Retrospective Studies
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1174838
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93261

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1174838
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93261

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