Effect of a real-time feedback smartphone application (TCPRLink) on the quality of telephone-assisted CPR performed by trained laypeople in China: a manikin-based randomised controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the effect of a free smartphone application (TCPRLink) that provides real-time monitoring and audiovisual feedback on chest compressions (CC) on trained layperson telephone-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) performance.

Design

A manikin-based randomised controlled study.

Setting

This study was conducted at a multidisciplinary university and a community centre in China.

Participants

One hundred and eighty-six adult participants (age 18-65 years) with T-CPR training experience were randomly assigned to the TCPRLink (n=94) and T-CPR (n=92) groups with age stratification.

Interventions

We compared the participants' performance for 6 min of CC in a simulated T-CPR scenario both at the baseline and after 3 months.

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SUBMITTER: Dong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539615 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature