Expanding the first link in the chain of survival – Experiences from dispatcher referral of callers to AED locations

Resuscitation

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-134

  Fredman, David ^a   Svensson, Leif ^a   Ban, Yifang ^b   Jonsson, Martin ^a   Hollenberg, Jacob ^a   Nordberg, Per ^a   Ringh, Mattias ^a   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^c   Lundén, Margareta ^d   Claesson, Andreas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SOS Alarm AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AED; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Dispatch centre; Dispatcher; Out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RECORDING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SWEDEN; TAPE RECORDING; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84988585415     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.06.022     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. 1 Atwood, C., Eisenberg, M.S., Herlitz, J., Rea, T.D., Incidence of EMS-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe. Resuscitation 67 (2005), 75–80.
2. 2 Berdowski, J., Berg, R.A., Tijssen, J.G., Koster, R.W., Global incidences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and survival rates: systematic review of 67 prospective studies. Resuscitation 81 (2010), 1479–1487.
3. 3 Sasson, C., Rogers, M.A., Dahl, J., Kellermann, A.L., Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3 (2010), 63–81.
4. 4 Hasselqvist-Ax, I., Riva, G., Herlitz, J., et al. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 372 (2015), 2307–2315.
5. 5 Valenzuela, T.D., Roe, D.J., Nichol, G., Clark, L.L., Spaite, D.W., Hardman, R.G., Outcomes of rapid defibrillation by security officers after cardiac arrest in casinos. N Engl J Med 343 (2000), 1206–1209.
6. 6 Rea, T.D., Eisenberg, M.S., Culley, L.L., Becker, L., Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival in cardiac arrest. Circulation 104 (2001), 2513–2516.
7. 7 Perkins, G.D., Handley, A.J., Koster, R.W., et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation. Resuscitation 95 (2015), 81–99.
8. 8 Svenskt index för akutmedicinsk larmmottagning. 2001, Åsmund S. Lærdal A/S, Stavanger.
9. 9 Aufderheide, T., Hazinski, M.F., Nichol, G., et al. Community lay rescuer automated external defibrillation programs: key state legislative components and implementation strategies: a summary of a decade of experience for healthcare providers, policymakers, legislators, employers, and community leaders from the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and Office of State Advocacy. Circulation 113 (2006), 1260–1270.
10. 10 http://www.scb.se. Statistics sweden, befolkningsstatistik, 2015.
11. 11 Bohm, K., Rosenqvist, M., Hollenberg, J., Biber, B., Engerstrom, L., Svensson, L., Dispatcher-assisted telephone-guided cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an underused lifesaving system. Eur J Emerg Med 14 (2007), 256–259.
12. 12 Herliz, J., Swedish register for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Annual report 2015. 2016 [in Swedish].
13. 13 Culley, L.L., Clark, J.J., Eisenberg, M.S., Larsen, M.P., Dispatcher-assisted telephone CPR: common delays and time standards for delivery. Ann Emerg Med 20 (1991), 362–366.
14. 14 Vaillancourt, C., Verma, A., Trickett, J., et al. Evaluating the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions. Acad Emerg Med 14 (2007), 877–883.
15. 15 Svensson, L., Bohm, K., Castren, M., et al. Compression-only CPR or standard CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 363 (2010), 434–442.
16. 16 Rea, T., Blackwood, J., Damon, S., Phelps, R., Eisenberg, M., A link between emergency dispatch and public access AEDs: potential implications for early defibrillation. Resuscitation 82 (2011), 995–998.
17. 17 Agerskov, M., Nielsen, A.M., Hansen, C.M., et al. Public Access Defibrillation: great benefit and potential but infrequently used. Resuscitation 96 (2015), 53–58.
18. 18 Dami, F., Heymann, E., Pasquier, M., Fuchs, V., Carron, P.N., Hugli, O., Time to identify cardiac arrest and provide dispatch-assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in a criteria-based dispatch system. Resuscitation 97 (2015), 27–33.
19. 19 Cummins, R.O., Ornato, J.P., Thies, W.H., Pepe, P.E., Improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest: the chain of survival concept. A statement for health professionals from the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Subcommittee and the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee, American Heart Association. Circulation 83 (1991), 1832–1847.
20. 20 Kitamura, T., Iwami, T., Kawamura, T., Nagao, K., Tanaka, H., Hiraide, A., Nationwide public-access defibrillation in Japan. N Engl J Med 362 (2010), 994–1004.
21. 21 Ho, C.L., Lui, C.T., Tsui, K.L., Kam, C.W., Investigation of availability and accessibility of community automated external defibrillators in a territory in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J 20 (2014), 371–378.
22. 22 Siddiq, A.A., Brooks, S.C., Chan, T.C., Modeling the impact of public access defibrillator range on public location cardiac arrest coverage. Resuscitation 84 (2013), 904–909.
23. 23 Levy, M.J., Seaman, K.G., Millin, M.G., Bissell, R.A., Jenkins, J.L., A poor association between out-of-hospital cardiac arrest location and public automated external defibrillator placement. Prehosp Disaster Med 28 (2013), 342–347.
24. 24 Hansen, C.M., Lippert, F.K., Wissenberg, M., et al. Temporal trends in coverage of historical cardiac arrests using a volunteer-based network of automated external defibrillators accessible to laypersons and emergency dispatch centers. Circulation 130 (2014), 1859–1867.
25. 25 Gratton, M., Lindholm, D.J., Campbell, J.P., Public-access defibrillation: where do we place the AEDs?. Prehosp Emerg Care 3 (1999), 303–305.
26. 26 Folke, F., Lippert, F.K., Nielsen, S.L., et al. Location of cardiac arrest in a city center: strategic placement of automated external defibrillators in public locations. Circulation 120 (2009), 510–517.
27. 27 Chan, T.C., Li, H., Lebovic, G., et al. Identifying locations for public access defibrillators using mathematical optimization. Circulation 127 (2013), 1801–1809.
28. 28 Leung, A.C., Asch, D.A., Lozada, K.N., et al. Where are lifesaving automated external defibrillators located and how hard is it to find them in a large urban city?. Resuscitation 84 (2013), 910–914.
29. 29 Huang, C.Y., Wen, T.H., Optimal installation locations for automated external defibrillators in Taipei 7-Eleven stores: using GIS and a genetic algorithm with a new stirring operator. Comput Math Methods Med, 2014, 2014, 241435.
30. 30 Deakin, C.D., Shewry, E., Gray, H.H., Public access defibrillation remains out of reach for most victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Heart 100 (2014), 619–623.
31. 31 Brooks, B., Chan, S., Lander, P., Adamson, R., Hodgetts, G.A., Deakin, C.D., Public knowledge and confidence in the use of public access defibrillation. Heart 101 (2015), 967–971.
32. 32 Hansen, C.M., Wissenberg, M., Weeke, P., et al. Automated external defibrillators inaccessible to more than half of nearby cardiac arrests in public locations during evening, nighttime, and weekends. Circulation 128 (2013), 2224–2231.
33. 33 Linderoth, G., Hallas, P., Lippert, F.K., et al. Challenges in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – a study combining closed-circuit television (CCTV) and medical emergency calls. Resuscitation, I, 2015.
34. 34 Ringh, M., Herlitz, J., Hollenberg, J., Rosenqvist, M., Svensson, L., Out of hospital cardiac arrest outside home in Sweden, change in characteristics, outcome and availability for public access defibrillation. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 17, 2009, 18.
35. 35 Engdahl, J., Herlitz, J., Localization of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Goteborg 1994–2002 and implications for public access defibrillation. Resuscitation 64 (2005), 171–175.
36. 36 Ringh, M., Fredman, D., Nordberg, P., Stark, T., Hollenberg, J., Mobile phone technology identifies and recruits trained citizens to perform CPR on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims prior to ambulance arrival. Resuscitation 82 (2011), 1514–1518.
37. 37 Ringh, M., Rosenqvist, M., Hollenberg, J., et al. Mobile-phone dispatch of laypersons for CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 372 (2015), 2316–2325.
38. 38 Zijlstra, J.A., Stieglis, R., Riedijk, F., Smeekes, M., van der Worp, W.E., Koster, R.W., Local lay rescuers with AEDs, alerted by text messages, contribute to early defibrillation in a Dutch out-of-hospital cardiac arrest dispatch system. Resuscitation 85 (2014), 1444–1449.