Telephone CPR: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

• Main Authors: Fukushima H, Bolstad F
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-09-01
• Series: Open Access Emergency Medicine
• Subjects: out of hospital cardiac arrest; telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency medical dispatcher
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/telephone-cpr-current-status-challenges-and-future-perspectives-peer-reviewed-article-OAEM

Hidetada Fukushima,1 Francesco Bolstad2 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan; 2Department of Clinical English, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, JapanCorrespondence: Hidetada Fukushima Email [e-mail]: With each successive update of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines, the role of dispatchers in sudden cardiac arrest (CA) has grown. Dispatchers instruct callers in how to perform CPR until the arrival of emergency medical service (EMS) professionals. This is widely known as telephone CPR (TCPR) or dispatch-assisted CPR (DACPR). Studies have shown the efficacy of TCPR in increasing the survival rate of sudden CA. The TCPR process, however, is challenging and needs to be constantly evaluated and refined in order to improve the survival rate of sudden CA victims throughout the world. In this review article, the current status, challenges, and future perspectives of TCPR are discussed with a view to providing a research foundation from which to launch further studies into the effective role of dispatchers in sudden CA.Keywords: out of hospital cardiac arrest, telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation, emergency medical dispatcher