Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5620095 | Resuscitation | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Resuscitation was withheld by ambulance staff in over one in ten (13.1%) victims of out of hospital cardiac arrest on the basis of futility. These cases were associated with a very low rate of bystander CPR. Future studies should explore strengthening the 'Chain of Survival' to increase the community bystander CPR response and evaluate the effect on the numbers of survivors from out of hospital cardiac arrest.
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Authors
S. Rajagopal, C.R. Kaye, R. Lall, C.D. Deakin, S. Gates, H. Pocock, T. Quinn, N. Rees, M. Smyth, G.D. Perkins,