Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is considered an aerosol-generating procedure.
Consequently, COVID-19 resuscitation guidelines recommend the use of personal …

Aim Prior studies suggest that the use of personal protective equipment might impair the
quality of critical care. We investigated the influence of personal protective equipment on out …

The world-wide pandemic known as COVID-19 started in December 2019 in China and
rapidly disseminated globally. A cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology was …

Aim First responder (FR) programmes dispatch professional FRs (police and/or firefighters)
or citizen responders to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use automated …

Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains one of the leading causes of
death worldwide, and bystander CPR with public-access defibrillation improves OHCA …

Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the format of
patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) management was modified. Therefore …

Background Basic life support (BLS) education is essential for improving bystander
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates, but the imparting of such education faces …

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a challenge for medical staff, especially in the
COVID-19 period. The COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is highly …

Background The relationship between COVID-19 and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
(OHCAs) has been shown during different phases of the first pandemic wave, but little is …

Background The 2020 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic necessitates tailored
recommendations addressing specific procedures for neonatal and paediatric transport of …