"All sorts of colours of emotions": Ambulance call-handlers' perceptions of the barriers to CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore call-handlers' perceptions of the main barriers to achieving CPR during emergency calls to the ambulance service.

Methods

Thirty purposively sampled call-handlers, working in seven UK ambulance dispatch centres, participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews designed to explore their experiences of providing CPR instructions and their perceptions of the most common barriers to initiation of CPR.

Results

Participants (20F 9 M 1non-binary), aged 21-57 years, with varied length of experience (6mths -25 yrs), self-reported confidence (3-10/10), experience of NHS Pathways and MPDS, described providing CPR calls typically once per shift, with most call-handlers reporting barriers to CPR in most calls.The barriers to initiating CPR most commonly identi

SUBMITTER: Farquharson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11910351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature