More people survived a cardiac arrest when first aiders received an app alert

Helen Saul; Deniz Gursul; Samantha Cassidy; Chris Smith

doi:10.1136/bmj.o2578

More people survived a cardiac arrest when first aiders received an app alert

BMJ. 2022 Nov 11:379:o2578. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o2578.

Authors

Helen Saul¹, Deniz Gursul², Samantha Cassidy², Chris Smith³

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK NIHRAlerts@nihr.ac.uk.
² NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK.
³ University of Warwick, UK.

PMID: 36368720
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o2578

Abstract

The studySmith CM, Lall R, Fothergill RT, Spaight R, Perkins GD. The effect of the GoodSAM volunteer first-responder app on survival to hospital discharge following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2022;11:20-31.To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/more-people-survived-cardiac-arrest-first-aiders-goodsam-alert/.

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MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Emergency Medical Services*
Emergency Responders*
Humans
Mobile Applications*
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy