‘Lay responders’ boost cardiac arrest survival: study
Use of a mobile app means patients are more likely to receive timely CPR or defibrillation, researchers show
AusDoc brings you the latest news from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2021.
Dispatching volunteer members of the public via a smartphone app to attend a nearby out-of-hospital cardiac emergency improves survival, a large Swedish study shows.
The concept is catching on in the UK and Europe with many ‘lay-responder’ systems already in operation to send registered members of the public rushing to perform CPR or find a nearby defibrillator.
A study presented at the ESC Congress 2021 has shown that such a system leads to a 28% higher rate of survival for patients having an out-of-hospital arrest.
