Gerrit Jansen, Dennis Brüntje, Martin Deicke, Mario Hensel, Annika Hoyer, André Kobiella, Sissy Linder, Bernd Strickmann, Lisa M Strototte, Karl-Christian Thies, Kai Johanning, Michael Kern, Thoralf Kerner, Jens Tiesmeier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the response rate of community-first-responders (CFR) and other out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) outcomes using the smartphone-first-responder-system (SFRS) "Mobile Retter." METHODS: All adult non-traumatic OHCA in the district of Gütersloh between 01.01.2018-31.12.2021 were included. Periods of interest were 1) prior to the first COVID-19-lockdown; to 2) both lockdowns; and 3) the time in between, as well as after the COVID-19-lockdowns (pre-COVID-19, COVID-19-lockdown and COVID-19-pandemic respectively)...
March 29, 2024: Minerva Anestesiologica