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Table 2 Frequency of EMS dispatch-instructions for CPR and bystander CPR before and after protocol implementation

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

 

Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest

p value

After protocol implementation

Before protocol implementation

(N = 71)

(N = 69)

EMS dispatched instruction for CPR, n (%)

55* (77.5)

41 (59.4)

0.021

Bystander CPR, n (%)

44 (62.0)

32 (46.4)

0.064

  1. *Chi-square test