Authors
Shuo Kuen Huang, Chih-Yu Chen, Hong-Mo Shih, Shao-Jen Weng, Shih-Chia Liu, Fen-Wei Huang, Chi-Yueh Su, Shih-Hsien Chang
Publication date
2020/1/1
Journal
Resuscitation
Volume
146
Pages
96-102
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DACPR) could improve the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, the efficiency of DACPR varies. Our study compared the effectiveness of DACPR instructed via landline calls, mobile calls, and landline calls transferred to mobiles.
Method
This prospective cohort study enrolled patients with OHCA between 1 July 2017 and 30 November 2018 in Taichung. Patients were divided into a mobile group and a landline group according to device used to call emergency medical services (EMS). The landline group was subdivided according to whether the call was transferred to a mobile. We compared the DACPR rate and call to chest compression time between groups.
Results
The study comprised 2404 cases after exclusion: 934 cases of DACPR via mobile and 1470 via landline. In the mobile group, DACPR rate (54% vs. 47.5%, P < …
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