European first responder systems and differences in return of spontaneous circulation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A study of registry cohorts

• Main Authors: Iris Oving, MSc (Author), Corina de Graaf, MD, MSc (Author), Siobhan Masterson, PhD (Author), Rudolph W. Koster, MD, PhD (Author), Aeilko H. Zwinderman, PhD, Professor (Author), Remy Stieglis, MSc (Author), Hajriz AliHodzic, MD, PhD (Author), Enrico Baldi, MD (Author), Susanne Betz, MD, PhD (Author), Diana Cimpoesu, MD, PhD, Professor (Author), Fredrik Folke, MD, PhD, Professor (Author), Dennis Rupp (Author), Federico Semeraro, MD (Author), Anatolij Truhlar, MD, PhD (Author), Hanno L. Tan, MD, PhD (Author), Marieke T. Blom, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In Europe, survival-rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) vary widely between regions. Whether a system dispatching First Responders (FRs; main FR-types: firefighters, police officers, citizen-responders) is present or not may be associated with survival-rates. This study aim...