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Community first responders: improving access to defibrillation in cardiac arrest

Author(s) -

Alan Weir

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of paramedic practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2041-9457

pISSN - 1759-1376

DOI - 10.12968/jpar.2015.7.3.114

Subject(s) - defibrillation , first responder , combat medical technician , emergency care practitioner , medicine , ambulance service , public access , major trauma , cardiology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , continuing professional development , computer science , professional development , library science , medical education

The benefits of early CPR and defibrillation together have shown to potentially increase rates of survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest considerably. Alan Weir looks at the implementation of community first responder and public access defibrillation schemes for improving access to care for patients in cardiac arrest.

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