Improving community-based first response to out of hospital cardiac arrest (FirstCPR): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

• Sandra Ware,
• Blake Angell,
• Julie Redfern,
• Clara Chow,
• Cate Ferry,
• Lee Taylor,
• Christopher Semsarian,
• Adrian Bauman,
• Janet E Bray,
• Simone Marschner,
• Michael Nelson,
• Saurabh Kumar,
• Matthew Vukasovic,
• Kevin Lai,
• Paul M Middleton,
• Pramesh Kovoor,
• Garry Jennings,
• Sonali Munot,
• Andrew Coggins,
• Alan Robert Denniss,
• Sarah Khanlari,
• Ian Opperman

Affiliations

Sandra Ware

Greater Sydney Area HEMS, NSW Ambulance, Bankstown Airport, New South Wales, Australia

Blake Angell

Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Julie Redfern

Cardiovascular Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Clara Chow

Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cate Ferry

10 Clinical Programs, Heart Foundation, Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Lee Taylor

1 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

Christopher Semsarian

1 Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology at Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Newtown, NSW, Australia

Adrian Bauman

School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Janet E Bray

2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Simone Marschner

Westmead Applied Research Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Michael Nelson

5 Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Saurabh Kumar

Dental and Oral Surgery Unit-1, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Matthew Vukasovic

Department of Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kevin Lai

Department of Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Paul M Middleton

South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Pramesh Kovoor

3Westmead Hospital, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Garry Jennings

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Sonali Munot

Westmead Applied Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Andrew Coggins

Department of Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alan Robert Denniss

Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sarah Khanlari

Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ian Opperman

NSW Data Analytics Centre, NSW Government, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia