The Use of Mobile Phones in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest to Increase Bystander CPR (RUMBA)
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Heart Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest focused on measuring Out of hospital cardiac arrest, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Bystander CPR, Mobile phone positioning system
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- All suspected OHCAs in Stockholm County
- All EMS treated out of hospital cardiac arrest in Stockholm County were the mobile positioning system is triggered
Exclusion Criteria:
- Traumatic OHCA
- Children under 8 years of age
- Suicide
- Intoxications
- Obvious signs of death
- Do not resuscitate orders (DNR)
Sites / Locations
- Department of Cardiology Södersjukhuset
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
MLS dispatch for bystander CPR
NO MLS dispatch for bystander CPR
When an alarm call of a suspected OHCA suspected is received by the EMS dispatch operator a Mobile positioning system (MPS) is activated. The MPS uses the mobile phone network to geographically locate all lay volunteers connected to a tailored mobile phone service called mobile life saver (MLS). The MPS then locates all lay volunteers within a pre defined radius from the suspected OHACA an alerts them with a computer generated voice call and an sms containing data about were about were the suspected OHCA is located. A map is also sent in order to make route finding easy.
No activation of mobile positioning system to locate and recruit lay responders to nearby OHCAs