OHCA-Bundle-Resuscitation.Pdf
RESUS 8263 No. of Pages 9 R E S U S C I T A T I O N X X X ( 2 0 1 9 ) X X X X X X À Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Resuscitation jo urnal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resuscitation Clinical paper Effectiveness of a community based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) interventional bundle: Results of a pilot study a, b a c Pamela Jia Min Tay *, Pin Pin Pek , Qiao Fan , Yih Yng Ng , d e f Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong , Han Nee Gan , Desmond Renhao Mao , c g h i Michael Yih Chong Chia , Si Oon Cheah , Nausheen Doctor , Lai Peng Tham , b,j Marcus Eng Hock Ong a Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore b Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore c Emergency Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore d Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital, Singapore e Accident & Emergency, Changi General Hospital, Singapore f Acute and Emergency Care Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore g Emergency Medicine Department, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore h Emergency Department, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore i Children’s Emergency, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore j Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Abstract Background: 70% of Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in Singapore occur in residential areas, and are associated with poorer outcomes. We hypothesized that an interventional bundle consisting of Save-A-life (SAL) initiative (cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)/automated external defibrillator (AED) training and public-housing AED installation), dispatcher-assisted CPR (DA-CPR) program and myResponder (mobile application) will improve OHCA survival.
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