Cardiac arrest during broadcasted football match: The drama and the opportunity

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Are smart glasses feasible for dispatch prehospital assistance during on-boat cardiac arrest? A pilot simulation study with fishermen

“…Although the aim is to do this as soon as possible, they would probably take longer or fail without the help of the dispatcher, who could see that no fisherman approached the AED on their own (without the help of the dispatcher through the SG) and that on numerous occasions, the fishermen did not place the AED patches correctly. In real life, defibrillation delays of 2 min or more are not uncommon even with medical staff and AED in situ, as was observed in the cardiac arrest during the broadcast of the Euro 2021 international soccer competition [ 18 ].…”