Dispatcher-assisted CPR for cardiac arrest in children - Conventional versus compression-only CPR

Ian Maconochie; Neil Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.01.012

Dispatcher-assisted CPR for cardiac arrest in children - Conventional versus compression-only CPR

Resuscitation. 2022 Mar:172:115-116. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.01.012. Epub 2022 Jan 22.

Authors

Ian Maconochie¹, Neil Thompson²

Affiliations

¹ Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, United Kingdom. Electronic address: i.maconochie@imperial.ac.uk.
² Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, United Kingdom.

PMID: 35077854
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.01.012

Abstract

This study showed that conventional CPR outcomes in Cerebral Performance Category were better than those compression-onlybystander CPR that were achieved at 1 month post resuscitation. There was no difference in those with an initial shockable rhythm, requiring CPR for 20 minutes before hospital arrival, public defibrillation, advanced airway care or epinephrine administration. However, survival rates in paediatric CPR is low. Ways in which to improve the outcomes are suggested which included bystander CPR, teaching and training of dispatchers and additional technologies.

Keywords: Bystander paediatric CPR; Dispatcher assisted CPR; Paediatric OHCA; Technological enhancement of paediatric CPR.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* / mortality
Child
Emergency Medical Services*
Hospitals
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / mortality
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
Survival Rate