ArticleResuscitation plus2021
Management of first responder programmes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
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- Changes of practice on out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey of SOS-KANTO 2017 study.Annals of clinical epidemiology · 2024Article
- Perceived threats and challenges experienced by first responders during their mission for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.Resuscitation plus · 2023Article
- Differences in Automated External Defibrillator Types in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated by Police First Responders.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- No fear: Willingness of smartphone activated first responders to assist with cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic.Resuscitation plus · 2023Article
- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Editorial - Impact of first responders in resuscitation.Resuscitation plus · 2022Article
- Willingness and Predictors of Bystander CPR Intervention in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Freshmen Enrolled in a Japanese University.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Activation of Citizen Responders to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Denmark 2020.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Observational
- First responder systems can stay operational under pandemic conditions: results of a European survey during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A registry-based cohort-study from the German Resuscitation Registry.PloS one · 2022Article
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- A quantitative assessment of the contribution of "citizen First Responder" in the adult out-of-hospital chain of survival during COVID-19 pandemic.Resuscitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimFirst responder (FR) programmes dispatch professional FRs (police and/or firefighters) or citizen responders to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use automated external defibrillators (AED) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to describe management of FR-programmes across Europe in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
methodsIn June 2020, we conducted a cross-sectional survey sent to OHCA registry representatives in 18 European countries with active FR-programmes. The survey was administered by e-mail and included questions regarding management of both citizen responder and FR-programmes. A follow-up question was conducted in October 2020 assessing management during a potential "second wave" of COVID-19.
resultsAll representatives responded (response rate = 100%). Fourteen regions dispatched citizen responders and 17 regions dispatched professional FRs (9 regions dispatched both). Responses were post-hoc divided into three categories: FR activation continued unchanged, FR activation continued with restrictions, or FR activation temporarily paused. For citizen responders, regions either temporarily paused activation (n = 7, 50.0%) or continued activation with restrictions (n = 7, 50.0%). The most common restriction was to omit rescue breaths and perform compression-only CPR. For professional FRs, nine regions continued activation with restrictions (52.9%) and five regions (29.4%) continued activation unchanged, but with personal protective equipment available for the professional FRs. In three regions (17.6%), activation of professional FRs temporarily paused.
conclusionMost regions changed management of FR-programmes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies are needed to investigate the consequences of pausing or restricting FR-programmes for bystander CPR and AED use, and how this may impact patient outcome.
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