Title:

Author:

Mattias Ringh, Mårten Rosenqvist, Jacob Hollenberg, et al

Publication:

The New England Journal of Medicine

Date:

June 11, 2015

Findings:

A mobile-phone positioning system to dispatch lay volunteers who were trained in CPR was associated with significantly increased rates of bystander-initiated CPR among persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Integration of mobile-phone positioning systems with AED registries may facilitate lay responders in locating the nearest AED and thereby increase efficacy in public-access defibrillation programs.

Almost 10,000 people voluntarily joined the program without any financial compensation, and no major adverse events were reported.

Title:

Author:

Caputo Maria Luce, Muschietti Sandro, Burkart Roman, Benvenuti Claudio, Conte Giulio, Regoli François, Mauri Romano, Klersy Catherine, Moccetti Tiziano, Auricchio Angel

Publication:

Resuscitation

Date:

March 4, 2017

Findings:

The mobile app system is highly efficient in the recruitment of first responders, significantly reducing the time to the initiation of CPR thus increasing survival rates.

Title:

Author:

Ruud W.M. Pijls, Patty J. Nelemans, Braim M. Rahel, Anton P.M. Gorgels

Publication:

Resuscitation

Date:

June 8, 2016

Findings:

The text message alert system is effective in increasing survival to hospital discharge in OHCA victims and the degree of disability or dependence after survival is low.

Title:

Author:

John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FAHA, Chair; Steven C. Brooks, MD, MHSc; Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, FAHA; Marion Leary, MPH, MSN, RN, FAHA, et al

Publication:

Circulation

Date:

June 21, 2016

Findings:

Digital strategies represent novel interventions to potentially improve care delivery and patient outcomes for emergency cardiovascular conditions.

Title:

Author:

Ingela Hasselqvist-Ax, Gabriel Riva, Johan Herlitz, et al

Publication:

The New England Journal of Medicine

Date:

June 11, 2015

Findings:

CPR performed before EMS arrival was associated with a 30-day survival rate after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that was more than twice as high as that associated with no CPR before EMS arrival.

Title:

Author:

Kristian Kragholm, M.D., Ph.D., Mads Wissenberg, M.D., Ph.D., et al

Publication:

The New England Journal of Medicine

Date:

May 4, 2017

Findings:

Bystander CPR and defibrillation were associated with risks of brain damage or nursing home admission and of death from any cause that were significantly lower than those associated with no bystander resuscitation.

Article:

Title:

Author:

Robert Graham, Margaret A. McCoy, and Andrea M. Schultz

Publication:

Institute of Medicine

Date:

June 30, 2015

Findings:

The immediate, hands-on response of bystanders to cardiac arrest is critical to improve rates of effective resuscitation and, thereby, increase the likelihood of survival and positive neurologic outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Bystander CPR makes the next link in the chain of survival, early defibrillation, more effective by increasing the proportion of individuals who are found with a shockable rhythm.

Many national and international registry studies indicate that bystander CPR can increase survival rates for OHCA between 50 and 500 percent.

Theoretically, a member of the public could be sued for providing bystander CPR; however, the committee is unaware of any successful suit of this type.

Use of PulsePoint is discussed on Pg. 160-161.

Title:

Author:

Malta Hansen, Carolina, Kragholm, Kristian et al

Publication:

Journal of the American Medical Association

Date:

July 21, 2015

Findings:

Following a statewide educational intervention on rescusitation training, the proportion of patients receiving bystander-initiated CPR and defibrillation by first responders increased and was associated with greater likelihood of survival. Bystander-initiated CPR was associated with greater likelihood of survival with favorable neurological outcome.

Title:

Publication:

Physio-Control, Inc.

Date:

October 16, 2015

Findings:

Utilizing laypeople as CPR/AED responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has been occurring to some extent over the last decade. Advances in cellular technology are enhancing the ability to notify and direct laypersons trained in CPR/AED to the scene of a cardiac arrest.

Title:

Author:

Pete Lindstrom

Publication:

International Data Corporation

Date:

July, 2015

Findings:

Independent research firm IDC outlines how to think about the security of applications in the cloud, and how you can be more secure in the AWS Cloud than in your own data center.