Community Initiatives to Promote Basic Life Support Implementation-A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Early intervention of bystanders (the first links of the chain of survival) have been shown to improve survival and good neurological outcomes of patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Many initiatives have been implemented to increase the engagement of communities in early basic life support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), especially of lay people with no duty to respond. A better knowledge of the most effective initiatives might help improve survival and health system organization. Aim of the scoping review: To assess the impact of specific interventions involving lay communities on bystander BLS rates and other consistent clinical outcomes, and to identify relevant knowledge gaps. This scoping review was part of the continuous evidence evaluation proces

SUBMITTER: Scapigliati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8703423 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature