Dispatcher-assisted CPR can it do harm as well as good?

Craig Ferguson

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.12.001

Dispatcher-assisted CPR can it do harm as well as good?

Resuscitation. 2022 Jan:170:274-275. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.12.001. Epub 2021 Dec 9.

Author

Craig Ferguson¹

Affiliation

¹ Manchester University Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

PMID: 34896243
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.12.001

Abstract

Outcomes for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be improved by bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Dispatcher-assisted CPR increases both the likelihood of CPR being performed, and the chance of survival for the arrested patient. Due to the urgency of the situation, CPR may be advised in patients who are subsequently found not to be in cardiac arrest. Ng and colleagues look at whether bystander CPR causes harm in this group of patients.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* / mortality
Emergency Medical Services*
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / mortality
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
Probability