Despite major therapeutic advances over the last decades, complex supraventricular and
ventricular arrhythmias (VAs), particularly in the emergency setting or during …

Background Emergency medical dispatchers fail to identify approximately 25% of cases of
out of hospital cardiac arrest, thus lose the opportunity to provide the caller instructions in …

Lay Responder Care in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Lay responders play a major role in
the resuscitation of persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Crucial steps include …

Background Dispatch services (DS's) form an integral part of emergency medical service
(EMS) systems. The role of a dispatcher has also evolved into a crucial link in patient care …

Background For an effective dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
program, recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by a dispatcher is the first step …

Objectives Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) represents a unique problem, and poses difficult
challenges in the care of trauma patients. Although the literature has suggested that …

Aim of the study Rates of bystander CPR are increasing, yet mortality after out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains high. The aim of this survey was to explore public knowledge …

Objectives To explore the emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) experiences of managing
emergency medical calls. Design A qualitative interview study with an inductive approach …

Aim As proxy for initiation of the first link in the Chain of Survival by the dispatcher, we aimed
to investigate the effect of time to first dispatch on 30-day survival among patients with OHCA …

Introduction Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of mortality. Bystander
CPR is associated with increased OHCA survival rates. Dispatcher assisted CPR (DA-CPR) …