“I Don't Speak English Well.” Do Language Barriers Affect Automated External Defibrillator Use? A Randomized Simulation Study With Spanish-Speaking Laypeople
AED use remains feasible, even in a nonnative language; however, foreign-language instructions may compromise performance safety and delay or omit postshock CPR initiation.
Authors
- Silvia Aranda-García
- María Ángeles Fernández-Méndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6386-5544)
- Roberto Barcala‐Furelos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7247-0509)
- Myriam Santos-Folgar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1083-5496)
- Juan Eiroa-Bermúdez
- Joana Waffelaert-Pascual
- Martín Otero-Agra
- Santiago Martínez-Isasi
Institutions
- Universidade de Vigo (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sih.0000000000000905
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00