The quality of CPR delivered by EMS personnel wearing enhanced personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study from Perth, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To measure the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provided by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel wearing 'enhanced' personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Perth, Australia.

Methods

We undertook a retrospective cohort study of adult, non-traumatic, non-EMS-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with resuscitation attempted by St John (Ambulance) Western Australia (SJWA) between 16/03/2020-16/05/2021; corresponding to the first 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We reported the median (interquartile range [IQR]) compression depth, rate and fraction across the cohort, along with the proportion of cases compliant with resuscitation guidelines issued by the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (A

SUBMITTER: Talikowska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408409 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature