Miranda M Lewis, Killian Pache, Sally Guan, Jenny Shin, Megin Parayil, Catherine R Counts, Chris Drucker, Michael R Sayre, Peter J Kudenchuk, Mickey Eisenberg, Thomas D Rea
BACKGROUND: Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR), whereby emergency dispatch facilitates cardiac arrest recognition and coaches CPR over the telephone, is an important strategy to increase early recognition and bystander CPR in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Little is known about this treatment strategy in the pediatric population. We investigated the role of T-CPR and related performance among pediatric OHCA. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study was a retrospective cohort investigation of OHCA among individuals <18 years in King County, Washington, from April 1, 2013, to December 31, 2019...
January 12, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association