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Fig. 1 | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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From: Implementation of a dispatch-instruction protocol for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to various abnormal breathing patterns: a population-based study

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a Original regional emergency medical service (EMS) dispatch protocol for cardiac arrest. b Modified protocol for EMS dispatchers to identify cardiac arrest and provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction. If the unresponsive cases are described by laypersons as 1) not breathing, 2) breathing weakly, 3) snoring weakly or not normally, 4) not breathing normally, or 5) with breathing patterns that cannot be determined or described, EMS dispatchers are recommended to identify cases as cardiac arrest

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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241