Mobile-Phone Dispatch of Laypersons for CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Ringh, Mattias; Rosenqvist, Mårten; Hollenberg, Jacob; Jönsson, Martin; Fredman, David; Nordberg, Per; Järnbert‐Pettersson, Hans; Hasselqvist‐Ax, Ingela; Riva, Gabriel; Svensson, Leif

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1406038

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Mobile-Phone Dispatch of Laypersons for CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jun 11, 2015

Authors:

Mattias Ringh

Mårten Rosenqvist

Jacob Hollenberg

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by bystanders is associated with increased survival rates among persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We investigated whether rates of bystander-initiated CPR could be increased with the use of a mobile-phone positioning system that co...

Subject

Medicine

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Medical emergency

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