Protocol: simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

9-1-1 dispatchers are often the first contact for bystanders witnessing an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In the time before Emergency Medical Services arrives, dispatcher identification of the need for, and provision of Telephone-CPR (T-CPR) can improve survival. Our study aims to evaluate the use of phone-based standardized patient simulation training to improve identification of the need for T-CPR and shorten time to start of T-CPR instructions.

Methods/design

The STAT-911 study is a randomized controlled trial. We will recruit 160 dispatchers from 9-1-1 call-centers in the Pacific Northwest; they are randomized to an intervention or control group. Intervention participants complete four telephone simulation training sessions over 6-8 months. Training sessions

SUBMITTER: Meischke H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736553 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature