Journal
CIRCULATION
Volume 140, Issue 24, Pages E895-E903Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000733
Keywords
AHA Scientific Statements; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency medical dispatcher; heart arrest
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Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest requires an integrated system of care (chain of survival) between the community elements responding to an event and the healthcare professionals who continue to care for and transport the patient for appropriate interventions. As a result of the dynamic nature of the prehospital setting, coordination and communication can be challenging, and identification of methods to optimize care is essential. This 2019 focused update to the American Heart Association systems of care guidelines summarizes the most recent published evidence for and recommendations on the use of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac arrest centers. This article includes the revised recommendations that emergency dispatch centers should offer and instruct bystanders in cardiopulmonary resuscitation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and that a regionalized approach to post-cardiac arrest care may be reasonable when comprehensive postarrest care is not available at local facilities.
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