Using SARA app and video feedback for dispatchers to improve the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest handling.
Abstract
Survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is
significantly improved by using an external defibrillator
and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation within the
first minutes of the arrest (Perkins, Handley, et al., 2015).
Dedicated mobile applications enable any bystander
of an emergency to report it or to be called to perform
first aid on victims (Ciravegna et al., 2016; Garcia et
al., 2015). This paper presents the SARA app, which
allows call centres to guide the person calling to enact
first aid gestures through video. However, even if rescue
community recognize the primary role played by citizens
in emergencies by the rescue community, barriers still
exist to an optimal collaboration. Citizens expressed a
fear of hurting the victim and the health professional are
reluctant to rely on non-expert. We also have to measure
the usability of the app and evaluate the pertinence of
video guidance.
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