Is the public equipped to act in out of hospital cardiac emergencies?

Smith, Karen; Cameron, Peter; Meyer, A D McR; McNeil, John J

doi:10.1136/emj.20.1.85

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“…But again, there was a statistically signifi cant diff erence among subjects with and without CPR training. Other authors showed similar results [18,20].…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Th is study showed that comparing to other published data Slovenia has one of the highest percentages of CPR trained lay people [16][17][18]. Th is is due to mandatory CPR training during driver's license acquisition.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Th is can be a result of implementing new, unique EU emergency telephone number 112, and shutting down previously used national EMS telephone number in 1997. Other authors worldwide reports signifi cantly lower (2-11%) percentage of persons unaware of national emergency telephone number [18,24]. Obviously a national campaign is needed to improve public awareness of emergency contact number in Republic of Slovenia.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Public knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Republic of Slovenia

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Kersnik

2010

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“…But again, there was a statistically signifi cant diff erence among subjects with and without CPR training. Other authors showed similar results [18,20].…”

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confidence: 76%

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Public knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Republic of Slovenia

Rajapakse

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Kersnik

2010

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“…Participants were asked unprompted to describe step-by-step what they would do in order to evaluate their knowledge and abilities in a cardiac arrest scenario. The questionnaire was similar to a survey used to investigate public knowledge of first aid for OOH cardiac emergencies in Melbourne 12. No demographic data other than age group was collected.…”

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Public knowledge and confidence in the use of public access defibrillation

Brooks

Chan

Lander

et al. 2015

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These findings suggest that a lack of public knowledge, confidence in using a defibrillator and the inability to locate a nearby device may be more important than a lack of defibrillators themselves. Underused public access defibrillation is a missed opportunity to save lives, and improving this link in the chain of survival may require these issues to be addressed ahead of investing more funds in actual defibrillator installation.

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“…Two large-scale community-based surveys conducted in Australia showed that, while a large proportion of those surveyed may have received CPR training sometime in the past, relatively few people had been trained recently (Clark et al, 2002;Smith et al, 2003). Additionally, several studies have looked at the connection between demographic characteristics and CPR training, using surveys of the community (Celenza et al, 2002;Clark et al, 2002;Naughton et al, 1992) or of participants in CPR training classes (Brennan and Braslow, 1998a).…”

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First-Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: A Potential Alternative Source of Emergency Medical Assistance Following a Natural Disaster

2005

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Basic first-aid skills can be useful in treating minor injuries that commonly result from natural disasters in the United States. Yet there has been insufficient research on training and competence in first-aid skills among community residents. This study utilises panel data for 414 adults in Los Angeles, California, who were interviewed within three years of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and re-interviewed in 1999 after the El Ninõ winter of 1997-98. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed. Results showed that 24 percent of the members of the sample had received first-aid training since their Northridge earthquake interview. First-aid training, particularly recent training, was associated with greater perceived first-aid skills, as well as with increased expected and actual employment of those skills. With the appropriate training and skill retention, lay members of the public can potentially contribute to a post-disaster medical response.

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Is the public equipped to act in out of hospital cardiac emergencies?

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Public knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Republic of Slovenia

Public knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Republic of Slovenia

Public knowledge and confidence in the use of public access defibrillation

First-Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: A Potential Alternative Source of Emergency Medical Assistance Following a Natural Disaster

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