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Hawkes, Claire, Brown, T., Noor, U., Carlyon, J., Davidson, N., Soar, J., Perkins, G. D., Smyth, M. A. and Lockey, A. (2021) Characteristics of restart a heart 2019 event locations in the UK. Resuscitation Plus, 6 . 100132. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100132 ISSN 2666-5204.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100132
Abstract
Introduction
Restart a Heart (RSAH) is an annual CPR mass training initiative delivered predominantly by ambulance services in the UK. The aim of this study was to identify to what extent voluntary participation in the 2019 initiative delivered training to the population with the highest need.
Methods
A cross-sectional observational study of location characteristics for RSAH training events conducted by UK ambulance services. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse event and area characteristics. National cardiac arrest registry data were used to establish proportions of training coverage in “hot spot” areas with above national median incidence of cardiac arrest and below median bystander CPR rates. The significance of observed differences were tested using chi-square for proportions and t-test for means.
Results
Twelve of 14 UK ambulance services participated, training 236,318 people. Most of the events (82%) were held in schools, and schoolchildren comprised most participants (81%). RSAH events were held in areas that were less densely populated (p < 0.001), were more common in affluent areas (p < 0.001), and had a significantly lower proportion of black residents (p < 0.05) and higher proportion of white residents (p < 0.05). Events were held in 28% of known “hot spot” areas in England.
Conclusion
With mandatory CPR training for school children in England, Scotland and Wales there is an opportunity to re-focus RSAH resources to deliver training for all age groups in OHCA “hot spots”, communities with higher proportions of black residents, and areas of deprivation. In Northern Ireland, we recommend targeting schools in areas with similar characteristics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Resuscitation , CPR (First aid) , Cardiac arrest -- Treatment | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Resuscitation Plus | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2666-5204 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2021 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 6 | |||||||||
| Article Number: | 100132 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100132 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 May 2021 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 May 2021 | |||||||||
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