Do bystanders need follow-up after performing CPR?

Mathiesen, Wenche Torunn; Bjørshol, Conrad Arnfinn; Søreide, Eldar

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.024

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“…While policy encourages citizen participation in basic service provision, research evidence delineates the ways in which challenges of co-productive involvement for volunteers are identified and addressed [ 29 , 30 ]. First response to emergencies can be a traumatic role [ 31 , 32 ]. Although the SAS strive to protect volunteers from extreme situations, in rural areas this maybe more difficult, with the added complication that people know each other, potentially bringing personal burdens of embarrassment, grief or responsibility.…”

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The experience of community first responders in co-producing rural health care: in the liminal gap between citizen and professional

Roberts

Nimegeer

Farmer

et al. 2014

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundThe involvement of community first responders (CFRs) in medical emergencies in Scotland, and particularly in remote and rural areas, has expanded rapidly in recent years in response to geographical and organisational challenges of emergency medical service access. In 2013 there were over 120 active or developing schemes in a wide variety of settings. Community first responders are volunteers trained in First Person on the Scene (FPOS) first aid, administered prior to the arrival of an ambulance. Although there is limited literature which describes the role of first response, little academic literature has been published about the complexities of their specific role in both the community and organisational contexts.MethodsHere we reflect on data from two mixed-methods studies into the role of CFRs in Scotland.ResultsWe highlight findings that explore the liminal and complex role of the first responder as both ‘practitioner’ and community member, and how this contributes to a sense of communitas within the study areas. The rural context encompasses additional complexity in relation to the role of emergency care volunteer, having the highest levels of volunteering and this paper questions assumptions that rural areas, are more accepting of volunteerism.ConclusionsComplexities arising from the experience of blurred voluntary/practitioner boundaries emerge as a key feature of voluntary participation in medical emergencies in this setting.

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