Open AccessAssociation of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation with initial shockable rhythm and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Author(s) -
Yoshikazu Goto,
Akira Funada,
Takeshi Maeda,
Yumiko Goto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1473-5695
pISSN - 0969-9546
DOI - 10.1097/mej.0000000000000861
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , propensity score matching , population , rhythm , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , emergency medicine , resuscitation , cardiology , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , optics
Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and initial shockable rhythm are crucial predictors of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, the relationship between dispatcher-assisted CPR (DA-CPR) and initial shockable rhythm is not completely elucidated.