Understanding cardiac arrest dispatch of physician-paramedic critical care prehospital teams: a survey-based evaluation
The only 100% agreement in dispatch criteria was 'witnessed arrest'. Otherwise, variation existed and additional information, like identification of frailty, was gathered to support nuanced decision-making. Wider research across the UK would help identify factors and commonalities in OHCA physician-paramedic dispatch to target improved survival rates.
Authors
- Scott Wallman
- Christopher Edmunds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-6971)
- Sarah Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-8821)
- Gaynor Wareham
- Rob Major
- Sarah McLachlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-0122)
- Chris Eagle
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Anglian Water Services (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Herts and Essex Hospital (GB)
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Anglia Ruskin University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2024-214178
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25