Tuesday, June 16, 2015

NEJM - Dispatch of Laypersons for CPR in Cardiac Arrest

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

"CONCLUSIONS

A mobile-phone positioning system to dispatch lay volunteers who were trained in CPR was associated with significantly increased rates of bystander-initiated CPR among persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Funded by the Swedish Heart–Lung Foundation and Stockholm County; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01789554.)"
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1406038?query=featured_home 

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