Martin Jonsson, Ellinor Berglund, Enrico Baldi, Maria Luce Caputo, Angelo Auricchio, Marieke T Blom, Hanno L Tan, Remy Stieglis, Linn Andelius, Fredrik Folke, Jacob Hollenberg, Leif Svensson, Mattias Ringh
BACKGROUND: Systems for dispatch of volunteer responders to collect automated external defibrillators and/or to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in cases of nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are widely implemented. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate whether the activation of a volunteer responder system to OHCAs was associated with higher rates of bystander CPR, bystander defibrillation, and 30-day survival vs no system activation...
July 18, 2023: Journal of the American College of Cardiology