An app to keep: smartphone-based dispatch of community first responder to cardiac arrest

Abstract Background Smartphone-based alerting of community first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with enhanced survival. Community first responders are volunteers, who are dispatched by the emergency dispatch centre, if they are in close proximity to an OHCA to decr...

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Main Authors: Tore Marks, Bibiana Metelmann, Peter Brinkrolf, Karl Christian Thies, Klaus Hahnenkamp, Camilla Metelmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-025-04586-y