Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Role of the Telecommunicator in Recognition of Cardiac Arrest and Delivery of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR), whereby emergency dispatch facilitates cardiac arrest recognition and coaches CPR over the telephone, is an important strategy to increase early recognition and bystander CPR in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Little is known about this treatment strategy in the pediatric population. We investigated the role of T-CPR and related performance among pediatric OHCA.

Methods and results

This study was a retrospective cohort investigation of OHCA among individuals <18 years in King County, Washington, from April 1, 2013, to December 31, 2019. We reviewed the 911 audio recordings to determine if and how bystander CPR was delivered (unassisted or T-CPR), key time intervals in recognition of arrest, and key components of T-CPR del

SUBMITTER: Lewis MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10926809 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature