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Studies on CPR - Bystander CPR
Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Bossaert, L., Van Hoeyweghen, R. and the Cerebral Resuscitation Study Group, Circulation,1989
Bystander CPR is related to significantly improved survival rate, especially in cases with a long time before advanced life support (ALS) treatment is administered. Bystander CPR does not affect long-term survival rates for patients that received ALS within the first 8 minutes; however, when the time of ALS exceeded 8 minutes, the long-term survival rate was significantly better when a bystander performed CPR.
Quality and Efficiency of Bystander CPR
Van Hoeyweghen, R. J.; Bossaert L. L; Mullie, A.; Calle, P.; Martens, P.; Buylaert, W. A., Delooz, H., Belgian Cerebral Resuscitation Study Group, Resuscitation, 1993
Bystander CPR is related to significantly improved survival rate and incorrect bystander CPR does not have a significant negative effect on survival rate in comparison with correct bystander CPR.
Quality of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Influences Outcome After Perhospital Cardiac Arrest
Wik, L, MD, PhD; Steen, P.A.; Bircher, N.G., Resuscitation, 1994
Patients who undergo cardiac arrest and receive correct CPR from a bystander have a much higher discharge rate from the hospital.
Effectiveness of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Survival Following Out-of- Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Gallagher, J.E.; Lombardi, G., MD; Gennis P., MD, JAMA, 1995
Effective bystander CPR is associated with a significant improvement in survival rates following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Efficacy of Bystander CPR: Intervention by Lay People and by Healthcare Professionals
Herlitz, J.; Svensson, L.; Holmberg, S.; Ängquist, K, Young, M., Resuscitation, 2005
The chance of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (in a multivariate analysis) has a twofold increase if a lay person performs bystander CPR; when bystander CPR is performed by healthcare professional, the survival rate is even higher.
Evaluating the Quality of Prehospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Reviewing Automated External Defibrillator Records and Survival for Out-of-Hospital Witnessed Arrests
Ko, P.C.; Chen, W.; Lin, C., MA, M.H., Lin, F., Resuscitation, 2005
Patients who receive adequate CPR have a six times higher chance of survival and hospital discharge rate than patients who receive inadequate CPR.
