Volunteer Responder Interventions in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas.
Astrid Rolin KraghMads Christian Tofte GregersLinn Charlotte AndeliusAnne Juul GrabmayrLouise KollanderVictor Elnegaard KjærulfJulie Samsøe KjølbyeAnnam Pervez SheikhAnnette Kjaer ErsbøllFrederik FolkeCarolina Malta HansenPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Volunteer responders are significantly more likely to arrive before emergency medical services in rural and suburban areas than in urban areas. Patients with OHCA received more cardiopulmonary resuscitation in rural and suburban areas and more defibrillation in suburban areas than in urban areas.