Dispatcher Assistance in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: Approaches for Diagnosing Cardiac Arrest by Telephone
Journal: Russian Sklifosovsky Journal Emergency Medical Care
Year: 2019

Rapid recognition of cardiac arrest based on the data reported by a bystander, and delivering telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions by emergency medical services (EMS) dispatcher promote timely provision of frst aid by people who witness the emergency, and this may signifcantly inﬂuence the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This review is aimed to analyze the up-to-date scientifc literature on EMS dispatcher recognition of OHCA. In particular, general concept and e