Treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the COVID-19 era: A 100 days experience from the Lombardy region.

Enrico BaldiGiuseppe Maria SechiClaudio MareFabrizio CanevariAntonella BrancaglioneRoberto PrimiAlessandra PaloEnrico ContriVincenza RonchiGiorgio BerettaFrancesca RealiPier Paolo ParogniFabio FacchinUgo RizziDaniele BussiSimone RuggeriLuigi Oltrona ViscontiSimone Savastanonull null

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Compared to 2019, during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak we observed a lower attitude of laypeople to start CPR, while resuscitation attempts by BLS and ALS staff were not influenced by suspected/confirmed infection, even at univariable analysis.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
coronavirus disease
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pulmonary embolism
combination therapy
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
long term care
smoking cessation