Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers' accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services.

Aim

To analyse and compare the accuracy of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre in identifying OHCA before and after an educational intervention.

Methods

A quality-assessment study collecting data from prehospital medical voice logs in Southern Denmark during two periods. Baseline data and post-interventional data were obtained during December, January, and February 2017/2018 and 2019/2020, respectively. We imposed an intervention consisting of a specifically targeted education in quick assessment of OHCA and instructions regarding telephone-assisted-CPR.The pri

SUBMITTER: Gram KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature