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Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

INTRODUCTION: Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services. AIM: To analyse and compare the accuracy of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre in ident...

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Autores principales: Gram, Kristel Hadberg, Præst, Mikkel, Laulund, Ole, Mikkelsen, Søren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8244530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34223361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100096
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author Gram, Kristel Hadberg
Præst, Mikkel
Laulund, Ole
Mikkelsen, Søren
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Præst, Mikkel
Laulund, Ole
Mikkelsen, Søren
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description INTRODUCTION: Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services. AIM: To analyse and compare the accuracy of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre in identifying OHCA before and after an educational intervention. METHODS: A quality-assessment study collecting data from prehospital medical voice logs in Southern Denmark during two periods. Baseline data and post-interventional data were obtained during December, January, and February 2017/2018 and 2019/2020, respectively. We imposed an intervention consisting of a specifically targeted education in quick assessment of OHCA and instructions regarding telephone-assisted-CPR. The primary outcome measure was the dispatcher's ability to recognise OHCA. Secondary outcome measures were time from contact with the caller to the dispatcher formulated essential questions related to the NO-NO-GO algorithm. These questions included an assessment of the patients’ consciousness and respiratory efforts and if both negative, would ideally lead to the dispatcher initiating telephone-assisted-CPR. All data was analysed in accordance with the recommendations and performance goals made by Resuscitation Academy. RESULTS: Baseline data included 209 calls. Post-interventional data was based on 208 calls. The sensitivity for recognition of OHCA was 82.3% (95% CI: 76.4–87.2%) before and 92.7% (95% CI: 88.2–95.8%) after the intervention (p = 0.0014). The median duration of calls before recognition of OHCA was 68 and 56 s before and after the intervention (p = 0.097). CONCLUSION: After the period of intervention, the accuracy of OHCA recognition by dispatchers improved. The median time to identify OHCA or recognise the first compression did not differ significantly. This indicates that continuing education and quality assessment may be beneficial and necessary.
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spelling pubmed-82445302021-07-02 Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Gram, Kristel Hadberg Præst, Mikkel Laulund, Ole Mikkelsen, Søren Resusc Plus Training and Education INTRODUCTION: Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services. AIM: To analyse and compare the accuracy of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre in identifying OHCA before and after an educational intervention. METHODS: A quality-assessment study collecting data from prehospital medical voice logs in Southern Denmark during two periods. Baseline data and post-interventional data were obtained during December, January, and February 2017/2018 and 2019/2020, respectively. We imposed an intervention consisting of a specifically targeted education in quick assessment of OHCA and instructions regarding telephone-assisted-CPR. The primary outcome measure was the dispatcher's ability to recognise OHCA. Secondary outcome measures were time from contact with the caller to the dispatcher formulated essential questions related to the NO-NO-GO algorithm. These questions included an assessment of the patients’ consciousness and respiratory efforts and if both negative, would ideally lead to the dispatcher initiating telephone-assisted-CPR. All data was analysed in accordance with the recommendations and performance goals made by Resuscitation Academy. RESULTS: Baseline data included 209 calls. Post-interventional data was based on 208 calls. The sensitivity for recognition of OHCA was 82.3% (95% CI: 76.4–87.2%) before and 92.7% (95% CI: 88.2–95.8%) after the intervention (p = 0.0014). The median duration of calls before recognition of OHCA was 68 and 56 s before and after the intervention (p = 0.097). CONCLUSION: After the period of intervention, the accuracy of OHCA recognition by dispatchers improved. The median time to identify OHCA or recognise the first compression did not differ significantly. This indicates that continuing education and quality assessment may be beneficial and necessary. Elsevier 2021-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8244530/ /pubmed/34223361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100096 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Præst, Mikkel
Laulund, Ole
Mikkelsen, Søren
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title Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
title_full Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
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title_short Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
title_sort assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
topic Training and Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8244530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34223361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100096
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