Local lay rescuers with AEDs, alerted by text messages, contribute to early defibrillation in a Dutch out-of-hospital cardiac arrest dispatch system

Abstract Aim Public access defibrillation rarely reaches out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in residential areas. We developed a text message (TM) alert system, dispatching local lay rescuers (TM-responders). We analyzed the functioning of this system, focusing on response times and earl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Resuscitation 2014-11, Vol.85 (11), p.1444-1449
Hauptverfasser:	Zijlstra, Jolande A, Stieglis, Remy, Riedijk, Frank, Smeekes, Martin, van der Worp, Wim E, Koster, Rudolph W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Automated external defibrillator Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - mortality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - statistics & numerical data Community Participation - statistics & numerical data Databases, Factual Defibrillation Defibrillators - utilization Electric Countershock - methods Electric Countershock - statistics & numerical data Emergency Emergency Medical Services - methods Emergency Medical Services - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Netherlands Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - mortality Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy Quality Improvement Registries Risk Assessment Statistics, Nonparametric Survival Rate Text Messaging Time Factors Time-to-Treatment Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Aim Public access defibrillation rarely reaches out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in residential areas. We developed a text message (TM) alert system, dispatching local lay rescuers (TM-responders). We analyzed the functioning of this system, focusing on response times and early defibrillation in relation to other responders. Methods In July 2013, 14 112 TM-responders and 1550 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were registered in a database residing with the dispatch center of two regions of the Netherlands. TM-responders living
ISSN:	0300-9572 1873-1570
DOI:	10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.07.020