Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on bystander interventions, emergency medical service activities, and patient outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Osaka City, Japan

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic may have negatively affected bystander interventions, emergency medical service (EMS) personnel activities, and patient outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study assessed bystander interventions, EMS activities, and patie...

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Published in:	Resuscitation Plus
Main Authors:	Chika Nishiyama, Kosuke Kiyohara, Taku Iwami, Sumito Hayashida, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Tasuku Matsuyama, Yusuke Katayama, Takeshi Shimazu, Tetsuhisa Kitamura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-03-01
Subjects:	COVID-19 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Bystander CPR AED
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520421000138