PULS - Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association: An overview of a multi-tiered and multi-facetted regional initiative to save lives.

Awareness Basic-life support Cardiac arrest Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Education First responder Non-governmental organization Sudden cardiac death

Journal

Resuscitation plus

ISSN: 2666-5204

Titre abrégé: Resusc Plus

Pays: Netherlands

ID NLM: 101774410

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2023

Historique:

medline: 30 8 2023

pubmed: 30 8 2023

entrez: 30 8 2023

Statut: epublish

Résumé

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) still leads to dismal outcomes worldwide. The crucial gap between cardiac arrest and advanced life support can only be filled by bystander-CPR. However, knowledge and willingness of the public towards basic life support (BLS) remain low. Global and national initiatives for awareness building and CPR training have produced promising improvements, but an additional focus on regional initiatives might be necessary to truly implement change. In order to support other like-minded groups, we present a "coming of age" narrative review of PULS - Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association, along with a future outlook and "lessons learned". Interviews with past and present employees, members, and functionaries were conducted by the authors. Additionally, the organization's archives were assessed. Following current guidelines and the Utstein formula of survival, building a system to save lives is essential to achieve progress concerning cardiac arrest survival and outcomes. As kinds of "regional offices" of global resuscitation efforts, a network of individual local initiatives and organizations such as PULS can carry the respective messages, engage with local key figures of implementation, and keep up perpetual work for cardiac arrest awareness and BLS education.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED

Methods and results UNASSIGNED

In order to support other like-minded groups, we present a "coming of age" narrative review of PULS - Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association, along with a future outlook and "lessons learned". Interviews with past and present employees, members, and functionaries were conducted by the authors. Additionally, the organization's archives were assessed.

Conclusion UNASSIGNED

Following current guidelines and the Utstein formula of survival, building a system to save lives is essential to achieve progress concerning cardiac arrest survival and outcomes. As kinds of "regional offices" of global resuscitation efforts, a network of individual local initiatives and organizations such as PULS can carry the respective messages, engage with local key figures of implementation, and keep up perpetual work for cardiac arrest awareness and BLS education.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100453 PMID: 37645620 PMC: PMC10461014

pubmed: 37645620

doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100453

pii: S2666-5204(23)00096-6

pmc: PMC10461014

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

100453

Informations de copyright

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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