Boettiger, B. W., Lockey, A., Aickin, R., Castren, M., de Caen, A., Escalante, R., Kern, K. B., Lim, S. H., Nadkarni, V., Neumar, R. W., Nolan, J. P., Stanton, D., Wang, T. -L. and Perkins, G. D. (2018). All citizens of the world can save a life - The World Restart a Heart (WRAH) initiative starts in 2018. Resuscitation, 128. S. 188 - 191. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1873-1570

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Abstract

All citizens of the world can save a life. With these words, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) is launching the first global initiative - World Restart a Heart (WRAH) - to increase public awareness and therefore the rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for victims of cardiac arrest. In most of the cases, it takes too long for the emergency services to arrive on scene after the victim's collapse. Thus, the most effective way to increase survival and favourable outcome in cardiac arrest by two-to fourfold is early CPR by lay bystanders and by first responders. Lay bystander resuscitation rates, however, differ significantly across the world, ranging from 5 to 80%. If all countries could have high lay bystander resuscitation rates, this would help to save hundreds of thousands of lives every year. In order to achieve this goal, all seven ILCOR councils have agreed to participate in WRAH 2018. Besides schoolchildren education in CPR (KIDS SAVE LIVES), many other initiatives have already been developed in different parts of the world. ILCOR is keen for the WRAH initiative to be as inclusive as possible, and that it should happen every year on 16 October or as close to that day as possible. Besides recommending CPR training for children and adults, it is hoped that a unified global message will enable our policy makers to take action to address the inequalities in patient survival around the world.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
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Boettiger, B. W.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lockey, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Aickin, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Castren, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
de Caen, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Escalante, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kern, K. B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lim, S. H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nadkarni, V.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neumar, R. W.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nolan, J. P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stanton, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wang, T. -L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Perkins, G. D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-182037
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.04.015
Journal or Publication Title: Resuscitation
Volume: 128
Page Range: S. 188 - 191
Date: 2018
Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication: CLARE
ISSN: 1873-1570
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
HOSPITAL CARDIAC-ARREST; SCHOOL-CHILDREN EDUCATION; CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION; TRAINING CHILDREN; OUTCOMES; EUROPE; LIVESMultiple languages
Critical Care Medicine; Emergency MedicineMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18203

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