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Implementation of the ALERT algorithm, a new dispatcher-assisted telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol, in non-Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) Emergency Medical Services centres.
STIPULANTE, Samuel; Tubes, Rebecca; Fassi, Mehdi El et al.
2014In Resuscitation, 85 (2), p. 177-181
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Keywords :
Phone CPR; algorithm; cardiac arrest; dispatcher
Abstract :
[en] Objectives: Early bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a key factor in improving survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The ALERT (Algorithme Liegeois d'Encadrement a la Reanimation par Telephone) algorithm has the potential to help bystanders initiate CPR. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the implementation of this protocol in a non-Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System area. Methods: We designed a before and after study based on a 3-month retrospective assessment of victims of OHCA in 2009, before the implementation of the ALERT protocol in Liege emergency medical communication centre (EMCC), and the prospective evaluation of the same 3 months in 2011, immediately after the implementation. Results: At the moment of the call, dispatchers were able to identify 233 OHCA in the first period and 235 in the second. Victims were predominantly male (59%, both periods), with mean ages of 64.1 and 63.9 years, respectively. In 2009, only 9.9% victims benefited from bystander CPR, this increased to 22.5% in 2011 (p<0.0002). The main reasons for protocol under-utilisation were: assistance not offered by the dispatcher (42,3%), caller physically remote from the victim (20.6%). Median time from call to first compression, defined here as no flow time, was 253sec in 2009 and 168sec in 2011 (NS). Ten victims were admitted to hospital after ROSC in 2009 and 13 in 2011 (p=0.09). Conclusion: From the beginning and despite its under-utilisation, the ALERT protocol significantly improved the number of patients in whom bystander CPR was attempted.
Disciplines :
Anesthesia & intensive care
General & internal medicine
Author, co-author :
STIPULANTE, Samuel ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > HOPISTALISATION - URGENCES
Tubes, Rebecca
Fassi, Mehdi El
Donneau, Anne-Françoise ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Informatique médicale et biostatistique
Van Troyen, Barbara
Hartstein, Gary 
D'Orio, Vincenzo ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Médecine d'urgence - bioch. et phys. hum. normales et path.
Ghuysen, Alexandre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Réanimation - Urgence extrahospitalière
Language :
English
Title :
Implementation of the ALERT algorithm, a new dispatcher-assisted telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol, in non-Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) Emergency Medical Services centres.
Publication date :
February 2014
Journal title :
Resuscitation
ISSN :
0300-9572
eISSN :
1873-1570
Publisher :
Elsevier, Netherlands
Volume :
85
Issue :
2
Pages :
177-181
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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