Proposal to increase safety of first responders dispatched to cardiac arrest

• Bibiana Metelmann,
• Daniel Elschenbroich,
• Angelo Auricchio,
• Enrico Baldi,
• Stefan K. Beckers,
• Roman Burkart,
• David Fredman,
• Julian Ganter,
• Mario Krammel,
• Tore Marks,
• Camilla Metelmann,
• Michael P Müller,
• Tommaso Scquizzato,
• Remy Stieglis,
• Bernd Strickmann,
• Karl Christian Thies

Affiliations

Bibiana Metelmann

Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany; Corresponding author at: Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch Straße 1, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.

Daniel Elschenbroich

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Angelo Auricchio

Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland; Fondazione Ticino Cuore, Breganzona, Switzerland

Enrico Baldi

Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Stefan K. Beckers

Fire Department & Emergency Medical Service, City of Aachen, Aachen, Germany; Aachen Institute for Rescue Management & Public Safety, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University & City of Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Roman Burkart

Swiss Resuscitation Council, Bern, Switzerland; Interverband für Rettungswesen, Aarau, Switzerland

David Fredman

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Heartrunner Citizen Responder System, Heartrunner Sweden AB, Solna, Sweden

Julian Ganter

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Mario Krammel

Emergency Medical Service Vienna, Vienna, Austria; PULS Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association, Vienna, Austria

Tore Marks

Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany

Camilla Metelmann

Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, St. Josef’s Hospital, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Michael P Müller

Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, St. Josef’s Hospital, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Tommaso Scquizzato

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Remy Stieglis

Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location AMC, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Bernd Strickmann

Emergency Medical Service, City and District of Gütersloh, Gütersloh, Germany

Karl Christian Thies

Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, EvKB, Universitätsklinikum OWL der Universitaet Bielefeld, Campus Bielefeld-Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany