How likely is the patient to be in cardiac arrest? Caller breathing descriptors in ambulance calls that were dispatched as cardiac arrest
Patients who are dispatched as OHCA by call-takers have a diverse range of caller descriptors for their breathing status. While descriptor categories varied in the percentage of EMS-confirmed OHCAs, none had a low percentage. We recommend exposing call-takers to the broad range of breathing descriptors which can be applied to their role in identifying OHCA and addressing caller perceptions of patient signs of life.
Authors
- Austin Whiteside (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-6096)
- Tanya Birnie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3996-1410)
- Judith Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-7944)
- Nirukshi Perera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-7145)
- Marine Riou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-5239)
- Stephen G. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5151-5926)
- David Majewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-259X)
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Institut Universitaire de France (FR)
- Université Lumière Lyon 2 (FR)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation Plus
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100990
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.51
Funders
- State of Connecticut Department of Health Care Access
- Curtin University, Malaysia
- Curtin University of Technology
- Australian Resuscitation Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council