Emergency medical services medical director and first responder attitudes regarding hands-on defibrillation

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and accounts for greater than 366,807 deaths annually in the United States [1]. Initial medical interventions for OHCA include early defibrillation and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), with strong evidence demonstrating that minimizing interruptions to chest compressions is associated with improved outcomes [2,3]. Given our findings, EMS professionals are likely to be willing to participate in future larger scale clinical trials on HOD to further assess its clinical efficacy and safety.Source of support Oregon Health and Science University Scholarly Project Fund provided gift cards to incentivize study participation.Prior presentations None.Declaration of Competing Interest None.Acknowledgements Dr. Craig Warden, MD.Appendix A Supplementary data Supplementary materialImage 1Appendix A Supplementary data Supplementary data to this article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2021.06.046.