Police as first reponders improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Police forces are abundant circulating and might arrive before the emergency services to Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest victims. If properly trained, they can provide basic life support and early defibrillation within minutes, probably increasing the survival of the victims. We evaluated the impact of local police as first responders on the survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in Navarra, Spain, over 7 years.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of an ongoing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac registry to compare the characteristics and survival of Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest victims attended to in first place by local police, other first responders, and emergency ambulance services between 2014 and 2020.

Results

Of 628 cases, 73.7% were men (aged 6

SUBMITTER: Jean Louis C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481462 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature