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A quantitative assessment of the contribution of citizen First Responder" in the adult out-of-hospital chain of survival during COVID-19 pandemic."

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This article is published in Resuscitation.The article was published on 2021-07-25 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: First responder & Pandemic.

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Clinical update on COVID-19 for the emergency clinician: Cardiac arrest in the out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors provide a focused update of cardiac arrest in the setting of COVID-19 for emergency clinicians, assuming appropriate personal protective equipment is used; vaccination with boosting provides further protection against contagion for the healthcare personnel involved in cardiac arrest resuscitation.
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Comparison of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests during the COVID-19 pandemic with those before the pandemic: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compared the regional and temporal features of cardiac arrest prognosis and epidemiological characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic with before the pandemic, and found that the outcomes exhibited similar patterns.
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Cardiac arrest and coronavirus disease 2019

TL;DR: In this paper , the influence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the cardiovascular system has been highlighted since the very first weeks after the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) identification.
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Pre-Arrival Care of the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Victim.

TL;DR: The provision of timely pre-arrival care by lay responders, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillator before emergency medical service arrival, is an important link in the chain of survival and has been shown to improve outcomes from cardiac arrest as mentioned in this paper .
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Better management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival rate and improves neurological outcome in the Swiss Canton Ticino

TL;DR: The significant increase in Utstein comparator survival rates and improved neurological outcome in OHCA victims in Canton Ticino are the result of an effective OHCA management programme which includes large-scale public education, a coordinated fast EMS response, high density of external defibrillators, and advances in clinical interventions for OHCAs.
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and mortality in Swiss Cantons with high and low COVID-19 incidence: A nationwide analysis

TL;DR: Mortality increased in Cantons with high-incidence of infection, whilst not in the low- incidence ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, showing how variables related to the health-system and EMS organization deeply influence OHCA occurrence during a pandemic.
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Management of first responder programmes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional survey sent to OHCA registry representatives in 18 European countries with active first responder (FR) programs was conducted in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.