Over 675,000 lay people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide - The "World Restart a Heart (WRAH)" initiative 2018

B W Böttiger; A Lockey; R Aickin; T Bertaut; M Castren; A de Caen; E Censullo; R Escalante; L Gent; M Georgiou; K B Kern; A M S Khan; S H Lim; V Nadkarni; K Nation; R W Neumar; J P Nolan; S S C C Rao; D Stanton; C Toporas; T-L Wang; G Wong; G D Perkins

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.02.033

Over 675,000 lay people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide - The "World Restart a Heart (WRAH)" initiative 2018

Resuscitation. 2019 May:138:15-17. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.02.033. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Authors

B W Böttiger¹, A Lockey², R Aickin³, T Bertaut⁴, M Castren⁵, A de Caen⁶, E Censullo⁴, R Escalante⁷, L Gent⁴, M Georgiou⁸, K B Kern⁹, A M S Khan¹⁰, S H Lim¹¹, V Nadkarni¹², K Nation¹³, R W Neumar¹⁴, J P Nolan¹⁵, S S C C Rao¹⁶, D Stanton¹⁷, C Toporas¹⁸, T-L Wang¹⁹, G Wong²⁰, G D Perkins²¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Emergency Department, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, United Kingdom.
³ Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁴ American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.
⁷ Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - Centro de Simulación Clínica, InterAmerican Heart Foundation/Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Lima, Peru.
⁸ American Medical Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
¹⁰ Saudi Heart Association (SHA), KSA, Umm Alqura University, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine and Education, Singapore General Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
¹² Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹³ New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Wellington, New Zealand.
¹⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom.
¹⁶ Indian Society of Anaesthesiology (ISA), Founder Family Benevolent Fund, Care Emergency Hospital, Kakinada, India.
¹⁷ Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa, Netcare 911, South Africa.
¹⁸ Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁹ Resuscitation Council of Asia, National Resuscitation Council of Taiwan, Chang Bing Show Chwang Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Medical and Law School, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
²⁰ Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, Canada.
²¹ Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

PMID: 30836172
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.02.033

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Adult
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / statistics & numerical data
Cardiovascular Agents / administration & dosage*
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Female
Heart Arrest* / etiology
Heart Arrest* / mortality
Heart Arrest* / therapy
Heart Massage* / methods
Heart Massage* / mortality
Heart Massage* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Military Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Registries / statistics & numerical data
Survival Analysis
United States / epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries / complications*
Wounds and Injuries / diagnosis

Substances

Cardiovascular Agents