Impact of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care processes

Pennington, Betty, Bell, Steve, Wright, Adam and Hill, James Edward orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-1430-6927 (2023) Impact of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care processes. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 15 (2). pp. 74-77. ISSN 2041-9457

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2023.15.2.74

Abstract

Early bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of defibrillators (including automated external defibrillators) and timely treatment by emergency medical services are known to increase the chances of survival for a patient experiencing an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this is unclear from examining previous literature. This commentary critically appraises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, which assessed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on prehospital care for OHCA.


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