A scoping review to determine the barriers and facilitators to initiation and performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation during emergency calls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To maximise out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients' survival, bystanders should perform continuous, good quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until ambulance arrival.

Objectives

To identify published literature describing barriers and facilitators between callers and call-takers, which affect initiation and performance (continuation and quality) of bystander CPR (B-CPR) throughout the OHCA emergency call.

Eligibility criteria

Studies were included if they reported on the population (emergency callers and call-takers), concept (psychological, physical and communication barriers and facilitators impacting the initiation and performance of B-CPR) and context (studies that analysed OHCA emergency calls).

Sources of evidence

Medline, CINAHL

SUBMITTER: Aldridge ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403560 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature