Community First Responders' role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena (Author), Gupteswar Patel (Author), Vanessa Botan (Author), Murray D Smith (Author), Viet-Hai Phung (Author), Julie Pattinson (Author), Ian Trueman (Author), Colin Ridyard (Author), Mehrshad Parvin Hosseini (Author), Zahid Asghar (Author), Roderick Orner (Author), Amanda Brewster (Author), Pauline Mountain (Author), Elise Rowan (Author), Robert Spaight (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Community First Responders are trained volunteers dispatched by ambulance services to potentially life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest in the first vital minutes to provide care until highly skilled ambulance staff arrive. Community First Responder schemes were first introd...