Risk of Physical Injury for Dispatched Citizen Responders to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT: Background Citizen responder programs are implemented worldwide to dispatch volunteer citizens to participate in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. However, the risk of injuries in relation to activation is largely unknown. We aimed to assess the risk of physical injury for dispatched citizen responders. Methods and Results Since September 2017, citizen responders have been activated through a smartphone application when located close to a suspected cardiac arrest in the Capital Region of Denmark. A survey was sent to all activated citizen responders, including a specific question about risk of acquiring an injury during activation. We included all surveys from September 1, 2017, to May 15, 2020. From May 15, 2019, to May 15, 2020, we followed up on all survey nonresponders by p

SUBMITTER: Andelius L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature