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Prehospital resuscitation by Irish GP's: a preliminary report
R Power1, A W Murphy, K Ungruh
1General Practice Professorial Unit, University College Dublin.
Irish Journal of Medical Science
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Two hundred and eleven Irish GP's responded to a questionnaire survey of their experiences of prehospital resuscitation. Seventy per cent had attempted CPR in a prehospital setting and a success rate of 21% was reported. A defibrillator had been used in the prehospital setting by 10% of the respondents with a reported success rate of 11%. Over 80% considered that they would benefit from further training in CPR and the use of a defibrillator. The implications of these results for the development of an Irish cardiac "chain of survival" are discussed.