Circumstances, outcome and quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lifeboat crews; why not always use an AED?

Jeroen Seesink; Stella A V Nieuwenburg; Theo van der Linden; Joost J L M Bierens

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.05.011

Circumstances, outcome and quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lifeboat crews; why not always use an AED?

Resuscitation. 2022 Jul:176:53-54. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.05.011. Epub 2022 May 18.

Authors

Jeroen Seesink¹, Stella A V Nieuwenburg², Theo van der Linden³, Joost J L M Bierens⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ The Royal Dutch Lifeboat Institution (KNRM), Ijmuiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ The Royal Dutch Lifeboat Institution (KNRM), Ijmuiden, the Netherlands; Research Group Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Elsene, Belgium.

PMID: 35597310
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.05.011

No abstract available

Keywords: AED; Automated External Defibrillator; CPR; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Drowning; Drowning Resuscitation; EMS; Emergency Medical Services; First Aid; KNRM; Lifeboats; OHCA; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; PAD; Prehospital; Public Access Defibrillator; Rescue boat.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Defibrillators
Emergency Medical Services*
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy