Dispatcher nurses' experiences of handling drones equipped with automated external defibrillators in suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Reducing the time to treatment by means of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation is essential to increasing survival after cardiac arrest. A novel method of dispatching drones for delivery of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the site of a suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been shown to be feasible, with the potential to shorten response times compared with the emergency medical services. However, little is known of dispatchers' experiences of using this novel methodology. A qualitative semi-structured interview study with a phenomenological approach was used. Ten registered nurses employed at an emergency medical dispatch centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, were interviewed and the data was analysed by qualitative content analysis. The purpose was to

SUBMITTER: Hanna DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337748 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature