A novel protocol for dispatcher assisted CPR improves CPR quality and motivation among rescuers—A randomized controlled simulation study

Analysis of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to laypersons in an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

“…In addition to pressing hard, the EDC must urge the rescuer to press fast, with the intention of achieving a compression rate of between 100 and 120 per minute. The vocal marking of the compression rate from the EDC was inadequate in most cases, which is a result that corresponds to the observations made in previous publications 9 and has led to solutions such as the integration of a metronome during dispatcher-assisted telephone CPR instructions 10,11 ; however, this option is not without its detractors, considering the possible negative effect compared to the usual practice 12 .…”

Interventions to improve the quality of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A systematic review

“…The different study designs, interventions and types of data presentations in included articles precluded further meta-analysis. For example, the authors tried to evaluate whether changing some instructional content of telephone dispatcher-assisted CPR would improve bystander CPR quality in some included studies, but those changes were different among studies [22,26,27,33–35,37,40,41,52]. In other studies, the authors tried to compare the effect of compression-only CPR with that of conventional CPR on bystander CPR quality, but they presented different types of outcome data [18,25,32].…”

Response to: Comparison between modified and conventional one‐handed chest compression techniques for child cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A randomised, non‐blind, cross‐over simulation trial

“…2 While it is possible that steroids in paediatric Bell's palsy improve the recovery rate or speed resolution similar to adults, a large multicentre, randomised, blinded trial is necessary to answer this question in childrenwhich is under way in the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative network. 3…”

“…A possible improvement to the study method is to recruit a group of health-care workers who have not been trained in BLS or laypersons, as demonstrated by Rasmussen et al, 3 and train them to carry out this skill. They will be trained in the two OHCC techniques at the same time, ensuring that they are able to carry out both techniques with adequate competency.…”