The effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction: Animation versus dispatcher through a cellular phone

The effect of a cellular-phone video demonstration to improve the quality of dispatcher-assisted chest compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation as compared with audio coaching

“…The conventional CPR, which combines chest compression with artificial ventilation, was evaluated in that study. 9 The time elapsed before the initiation of chest compression was 98.7 s in the animation group, which was significantly shorter than that in the voice group; these results were similar to the results of our study. In fact, the time elapsed before the initiation of chest compression was shorter than in the current study.…”

“…In 2008, Choa et al 9 compared the quality of CPR directed via CPR animation versus direction by dispatcher voice instructions in simulated cardiac-arrest situations. The conventional CPR, which combines chest compression with artificial ventilation, was evaluated in that study.…”

“…7,8 The dispatcher-aided CPR may have some restrictions, such as time delay due to the performer's conversation with the dispatcher, and the variance of the dispatcher's skill; it may not improve the performance of bystander CPR using only voice instructions by phone. 2,6,8,9 Hand-held cellular phones have become ubiquitous, and the multimedia files stored can be viewed repeatedly. Some researchers have reported that in simulated cardiac-arrest situations, bystander CPR with the aid of CPR animation stored in cellular phones is more effective when compared with bystander CPR with the audio assistance of a dispatcher.…”

“…Some researchers have reported that in simulated cardiac-arrest situations, bystander CPR with the aid of CPR animation stored in cellular phones is more effective when compared with bystander CPR with the audio assistance of a dispatcher. 9,10 To improve the quality of hands-only CPR, this study was conducted in a simulated cardiac-arrest situation to assess whether bystander CPR with the aid of CPR video stored in a cellular phone is more effective than bystander CPR with the aid of a audio dispatcher. …”

Part 12: Education, Implementation, and Teams

“…Three additional manikin studies (LOE 5) examined the utility of video/animations on mobile-phone devices: 2 studies showed improved checklist scores and quality of CPR 92,95 and faster initiation of CPR, 92 while the third study showed that participants using multimedia phone CPR instruction took longer to complete tasks than dispatcherassisted CPR. 103 Two manikin studies (LOE 5) 108 -109 that used 2-way video communication to enable the dispatcher to review and comment on CPR in real time produced equivocal findings.…”