DAE RespondER: the Emilia Romagna app for a Regional “community saving lives” system

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is the third leading cause of death in industrialized countries.1 In Italy OHCA has an incidence of 116 per 100,000 population per year: bystander CPR is initiated in 29,7% only of instances; overall, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) occurs in 16,6% with a poor 6.4% survival to hospital discharge.2 Outcome could improve up to four-folds3 if basic life support (BLS) with defibrillation would be provided timely by bystanders, before emergency medical service (EMS) arrival.

Source: Resuscitation - October 14, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Donatella Del Giudice, Federico Semeraro, Giuseppe Ristagno, Cosimo Picoco, Fiorella Cordenons, Oscar Dell ’Arciprete, Fabio Mora, Andrea Scapigliati, Giovanni Gordini Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research