Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Introduction: Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services. Aim: To analyse and compare the accuracy of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre in ident...

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Main Authors: Kristel Hadberg Gram, Mikkel Præst, Ole Laulund, Søren Mikkelsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Resuscitation Plus
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520421000217