Knowledge in Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillator Among the Local Police of a Geographical Area of Spain

Medina-Robaina, Dunia Esther; Medina-Robaina, Noelia; Caballero-Estevez, Natalia

doi:10.1016/j.rec.2016.02.010

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“…In Spain, although there is evidence on training programs and the availability of AEDs we did not find any similar study on police intervention and survival after OHCA [ 21 , 22 ].…”

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Police as first reponders improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival

Jean Louis,

Cildoz,

Echarri

et al. 2023

BMC Emerg Med

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Background Police forces are abundant circulating and might arrive before the emergency services to Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest victims. If properly trained, they can provide basic life support and early defibrillation within minutes, probably increasing the survival of the victims. We evaluated the impact of local police as first responders on the survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in Navarra, Spain, over 7 years. Methods A retrospective analysis of an ongoing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac registry to compare the characteristics and survival of Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest victims attended to in first place by local police, other first responders, and emergency ambulance services between 2014 and 2020. Results Of 628 cases, 73.7% were men (aged 68.9 ± 15.8), and 26.3% were women (aged 65,0 ± 14,7 years, p < 0.01). Overall survival of patients attended to by police in the first place was 17.8%, other first responders 17.4% and emergency services 13.5% with no significant differences (p > 0.1). Time to initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation is significant for survival. When police arrived first and started CPR before the emergency services, they arrived at a mean of 5.4 ± 3 min earlier (SD = 3.10). This early police intervention showed an increase in the probability of survival by 10.1%. Conclusions The privileged location and the sole amount of personnel of local police forces trained in life support and their fast delivery of defibrillators as first responders can improve the survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.

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“…In Spain, although there is evidence on training programs and the availability of AEDs we did not find any similar study on police intervention and survival after OHCA [ 21 , 22 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 83%