Defining the terminology of first responders alerted for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by medical dispatch centres: An international consensus study on nomenclature
This consensus study recommends using the terms "on-duty first responder" and "community first responder" to describe individuals additionally alerted by medical dispatch centres to facilitate early intervention in OHCA.
Authors
- Bernd Strickmann
- Remy Stieglis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-4475)
- Tommaso Scquizzato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-8402)
- Esther Moens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-1265)
- Andrea Scapigliati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7935-7410)
- Sheldon Cheskes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-3074)
- Bibiana Metelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2090-7358)
- Robert Greif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0160-2073)
- Ankur Doshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2040-4179)
- Tore Marks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7401-7919)
- Tomás Barry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-8194)
- Tom A Kooy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0989-4437)
- Stefan Prasse
- Persia Shahriari
- Wolfgang A. Wetsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5800-6665)
- Mette M Ekkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-4245)
- Michael Khalemsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-7275)
- Caroline Jagtenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-7707)
- Martin N. Jonsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3539-8317)
- Carsten Lott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7333-232X)
- Hanno L. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-5818)
- Wei Ming Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-4716)
- Karl‐Christian Thies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-4166)
- David Fredman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4138-6515)
- Nadja Schittko
- Sebastian Schnaubelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0057-8200)
- Lorenzo Gamberini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4364-9163)
- Julian Ganter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3922-6782)
- Eva Degraeuwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-3022)
- Maria Luce Caputo
- Bernd W. Böttiger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-8931)
- Hans-Jörg Busch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-1908)
- David D. Salcido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-8167)
- Jan‐Steffen Pooth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6882-2009)
- Camilla Metelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-9021)
- Paul Snobelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5981)
- Enrico Baldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-224X)
- Koenraad G. Monsieurs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-4848)
- Ruggero Cresta
- Charles D. Deakin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2565-9771)
- Daniel Elschenbroich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-8929)
- S. Scholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6567-2022)
- Finn Lund Henriksen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1192-532X)
- Steven Vercammen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3698-389X)
- Michael Müller
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
- Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (SG)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College (IL)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Stockholm South General Hospital (SE)
- Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi (IT)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Netherlands Heart Institute (NL)
- Italian Resuscitation Council (IT)
- Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele (IT)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation Plus
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100912
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 24.79
Funders
- Deutsche Herzstiftung