Impact of bystander-focused public health interventions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival: a cohort study

Summary: Background: Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases an individual's chance of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but the frequency of bystander CPR is low in many communities. We aimed to assess the cumulative effect of CPR-targeted public health inte...

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Main Authors: Audrey L Blewer, PhD, Andrew Fu Wah Ho, MBBS, Nur Shahidah, BA, Alexander Elgin White, MPH, Pin Pin Pek, MPH, Yih Yng Ng, MBBS, Desmond Renhao Mao, MBBS, Ling Tiah, MBBS, Michael Yih-Chong Chia, MBBS, Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong, MBBS, Si Oon Cheah, MBBS, Lai Peng Tham, MBBS, Jade Phek Hui Kua, MBBS, Shalini Arulanandam, MBBS, Truls Østbye, ProfMD, Hayden B Bosworth, ProfPhD, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, ProfMBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266720301407