Skills among young and elderly laypersons during simulated dispatcher assisted CPR and after CPR training.

M A NebsbjergS E RasmussenK B BomholtL Q KroghK KroghJ A PovlsenI S RiddervoldT GrøfteH KirkegaardBo Løfgren

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2017)

Despite long CPR retention time for both groups, elderly laypersons had longer retention time, and performed inadequate DA-CPR compared to young laypersons. Following CPR training the attainable CPR level was of acceptable quality for both young and elderly laypersons.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
middle aged
community dwelling
quality improvement
medical students