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. 1985 Jan;75(1):47-50.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.1.47.

Emergency CPR instruction via telephone

M S Eisenberg, A P Hallstrom, W B Carter, R O Cummins, L Bergner, J Pierce

Emergency CPR instruction via telephone

M S Eisenberg et al. Am J Public Health. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

We initiated a program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrests in King County, Washington were studied for 20 months before and after the telephone CPR program began. Bystander-initiated CPR increased from 86 of 191 (45 per cent) cardiac arrests before the program to 143 of 255 (56 per cent) cardiac arrests after the program. During the after period, 58 patients received CPR as a result of telephone instruction, 12 of whom were discharged. We estimate that four lives may have been saved by the program. A review of hospital records revealed no excess morbidity in the group of patients receiving dispatcher-assisted CPR.

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