Smartphone activated community first responders' experiences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests alerts, a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim was to illustrate how community first responders perceive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest alerts delivered via smartphone, what support they have and how they cope with potentially distressing experiences.

Method

A qualitative interview study was conducted with a volunteer sample of 14 community first responders in two regions of Sweden. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis with a data-driven inductive approach supported by NVivo 1.3.

Results

The responders' experiences were illustrated in three main themes, each including several subthemes: 1) Profound wish to help, including the sense of importance and sense of emergency; 2) Facing the situation, including essential actions performed in collaboration, confiden

SUBMITTER: Kallestedt MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature