Telemedicine and cardiopulmonary resuscitation: the value of video-link and telephone instruction to a mock bystander

Autor: P R T Atkinson, Richard Wootton, J Bingham, B. McNicholl, Maria Loane
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 5:242-245
ISSN: 1758-1109
1357-633X
DOI: 10.1258/1357633991933783
Popis: We evaluated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by persons with no previous experience on a resuscitation dummy. Subjects were randomized into four groups, one of which had no instruction. The other three groups were instructed for 3 min in mock CPR by a supervisor using a telephone, a video-link, or directly in person. They were compared with a group which had had previous CPR training. The main outcome measures were the number of correct ventilations, chest compressions and compressions with correct hand position. Video-link instruction was associated with significantly higher median scores for all three outcome measurements (P
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